WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory is geared up to assist growers in identifying Asian soybean rust, a disease that could cause economic losses ...

It took decades of painstaking work, but research geneticist Ram Singh managed to cross a popular soybean variety ("Dwight" Glycine max) with a related wild perennial plant that grows like a weed in ...

Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can't survive ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are piecing together clues about how a global pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. Soybean rust fungus poses one of the biggest threats to soybean ...

Selecting the right fungicide and applying it within the right window of time is pivotal to manage soybean rust. Determining whether fungicidal management of soybean rust is necessary largely relies ...

In 2001, the Asian species of Soybean Rust was observed for the first time in South America, notably in Brazil and Paraguay. Known for its rapid, windborne spread, the discovery and impact of Soybean ...

A new tool is available to select for soybean rust resistance in breeding populations, said Glen Hartman, University of Illinois professor of crop sciences and USDA-ARS scientist. Hartman and his team ...

Soybean rust, caused principally by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, poses a major threat to global soybean production owing to its rapid epidemic potential and capacity for severe yield losses.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to combating a serious new soybean disease, said a Brazilian plant pathologist with ties to Purdue University. Alvaro Almeida, a ...

Soy biodiesel, insect and weed management, and new production systems were all topics at the Missouri Soybean Association meeting Thursday in Jackson, but that wasn't why most soybean farmers showed ...

GLENCOE, Minn. -- Geir Friisoe is the guy to turn to for the facts on soybean rust. The U.S. Department of Agriculture called Friisoe -- a plant disease expert at the Minnesota Department of ...