The soybean crop; The seed, Seedling growth; Growth stages - vegetative phase; Growth stages - flowering; Growth stages - pod development; The roots; Root nodules and nitrogen fixing; Growing soybean; Environement; Water; Chooosing the right variety; Tillage and planting; Fertilizer and lime; Growing conditions and dry matter production; Harvesting and storing soybean; Increasing yields and profits; yield components; Production factors; Yield reducers - weeds; Yield reducers - insect pests; Yield reducers - diseases; Soybean in other cropping systems; Sequence cropping; Intercropping; strip-cropping.