By David Moseley, Stephenson, Daniel O., Price, III, Paul P, Padgett, Guy B., Watson, Tristan, Villegas, James M., Conger, Stacia, Parvej, Md Rasel
The growth of soybean plants consists of vegetative and reproductive stages. The vegetative stages begin with emergence and are described by the development of the cotyledons and leaves. The reproductive stages begin with the onset of flowering and are described by the development of the flowers, pods and seeds.