St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
March 15, 2012
Ever since soybean rust made landfall on U.S. soil in 2004, this potentially damaging pathogen has been menacing crops to various degrees over the growing seasons.
The latest Focus on Soybean webcast, authored by Edward Sikora, Extension Plant Pathologist at Auburn University, provides an update on what researchers have learned about Asian soybean rust in the U.S., as well as strategies to combat this disease.
Topics in this talk, titled “Soybean Rust Update,” include a discussion on general characteristics of the pathogen; symptom development; the role of kudzu as an overwintering host in the disease life cycle; benefits obtained from the National Soybean Rust project; seasonal weather conditions that favor or limit the development and spread of soybean rust in the U.S., and management recommendations.
This 18-minute presentation is open access through May 31, 2012. Viewers can also opt to see a 5-minute executive summary version of this presentation. This shorter executive summary version is permanently open access courtesy of the United Soybean Board.
View this presentation at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/edcenter/seminars/soybean/SoybeanRustUpdate/
View other presentations in the Focus on Soybean resource at http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/fos.
Focus on Soybean is a publication of the Plant Management Network a nonprofit online publisher whose mission is to enhance the health, management, and production of agricultural and horticultural crops. It achieves this mission through its applied, science-based resources, like Focus on Soybean. PMN is jointly managed by the American Society of Agronomy, American Phytopathological Society, and Crop Science Society of America. PMN is also a partner of the United Soybean Board, as well as more than 80 other organizations, which include universities, nonprofits, and agribusinesses.
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