Soybean seed soya bean

LATIN NAME: Glycine max

COMMON NAME: Soybean

Soybean is the fine, generous, nitrogen-fixing crop of the warm fields, and its small, round, pale or dark beans have fed the people and the animals of the world for a very long time. The bushy, upright plant carries the trifoliate leaves and the small, white or purple flowers, which open in the axils of the leaves through the warm season, to be followed by the small, hairy pods of the round beans. The beans are a fine, complete food, and they are pressed for the oil, made into the milk, the tofu, the sauces and the feeds of the world. It is a fine, easy, generous crop of the sunny, warm, well-drained garden.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Soybean has a very strong place in the plant science, and the small, round beans have been studied for a very long time for their fine, complete food value and their place in the world crops. The nitrogen-fixing roots and the chemistry of the beans have been studied closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the protein crops, the oil seeds and the nitrogen-fixing legumes of the warm regions. The bushy habit and the small, hairy pods have also made it a fine garden crop, and it is a regular subject of the studies of the world’s most important legumes.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Soybean is grown for the small, round, protein-rich beans. The beans are a fine, complete food of the world, and they are pressed for the oil and made into the milk, the tofu, the miso, the soy sauce and the feeds of the kitchen and the farm. As a nitrogen-fixing legume the plant builds the soil, and it is a fine, easy crop of the sunny, warm, well-drained garden and the field. It has been written about in the food and the agricultural papers for its fine, complete protein and its wide uses, and it is a fine, generous crop of the warm, sunny garden.

Soybean is one of the great crops of the warm world, and the bushy plants carry the small, hairy pods of the round beans through the warm season. The beans are a fine, complete food, pressed for the oil and made into the milk, the tofu and the sauces of the kitchen.

In the right spot the soybean is a fine, dependable, generous crop, and it asks for very little beyond the sun, the warmth and the well-drained ground. The bushy plants carry the small, hairy pods of the round beans through the warm season.

To grow the soybean from seed, sow the large, round seeds at a depth of three or four centimetres in pots of moist soil, keep them in a warm, bright, sunny spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a couple of weeks and grow on fast in the warmth. With the sun, the warmth and the well-drained soil, the bushy plants will carry the small, hairy pods of the round beans through the warm season.

Soybeans are very attractive to deer from the onset of emergence. Very important food source for doves, duck, rabbit, quail and turkey. Soybeans are especially attractive to wildlife because they also offer cover. They are so preferred that most small acreage plantings will be killed quickly by deer grazing pressure. It will not re-grow from early browse pressure, so it will need fencing or repellents in small fields. Soybeans are ideal for mixing with grain sorghum, peas, corn, alyce clover or other warm season annual legumes. At maturity it will make high quality seed for game birds and deer. Individual plantings of soybeans can be staggered by planting date to provide season long production.