Soybean Rust Scouting Ongoing in Georgia, Alabama
Confirmed reports of counties with rust on kudzu in 2006 found in four states.
Compiled by staff
Published: Mar 10, 2006
Scouting for soybean rust continues on kudzu patches from Florida northward through Georgia and Alabama, and westward to Texas. The confirmed reports of counties with rust on kudzu in 2006 include five in Alabama, eleven in Florida, four in Georgia, and one in Texas, according to USDA's Soybean Rust Web site.
Scouting for Asian soybean rust on kudzu continues in the southern states with some new reports from Georgia and Alabama. The most recent find occurred on kudzu in southwest corner of the Georgia in Miller County.
Ed Sikora, Auburn University plant pathologist, reports that no old-growth kudzu patches were observed in southwest Alabama towns in Escambia, Conechu, Monroe and Sumter Counter. New growth was observed in Conecuh and Monroe counties. New growth ranged from 1/4 " to 6" in length. Less then 1% of each 1-2 acre patch was greening up. No soybean rust was detected. Soybean rust was observed on the kudzu patch in Evergreen in Conecuh County backed in late December. The patch has since gone dormant.
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