Various herbicides, systemic insecticides, and fungicides were applied to soybeans to determine whether these pesticides had any influence on certain chemical characteristics of the seed. Fatty acid composition of oil, oil content, and protein content of soybean seed were not affected by pesticides applied alone or in combination. Seed yields were not affected by any of the pesticide treatments used in these studies.
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Johnson et al. (1969) studied this question.