WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Hurricane Dennis could bring some much-needed rain to moisture-deprived Indiana crops as he travels toward the United States. He also might carry some unwanted excess baggage on ...
ABSTRACT Asian soybean rust, caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, an airborne fungal pathogen, is an annual threat to U.S. soybean production. The disease is spread during the growing season by fungal ...
Although Midwestern soybean growers have yet to experience the brunt of soybean rust, growers in the southern United States are very familiar with the disease. Every year, the fungus slowly moves ...
AMES, Iowa -- The; unusually active hurricane season may have provided the conduit for Asian soybean rust to land in the United States, says an Iowa State University expert on the disease. X.B. Yang, ...