**2. Conclusion**

The soybean-SCN pathosystem has been under study for over 60 years. Through a massive amount of basic studies involving agricultural production practices, genomics and genetic engineering, solutions to the chronic and global SCN problem are emerging. The difficulty of studying the system has been met with many improvements in technology that are allow‐ ing for basic features of the pathosystem to be exploited so that agricultural practices and economic returns are improved. The basic knowledge gained in this system can now be ap‐ plied as a model for understanding other recalcitrant pathogens affecting soybean, to obtain a comprehensive understanding of infection and defense.
