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Asian soybean rust showing up earlier than usual
Posted: Mar 1, 2013 7:59 AM by AP
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The LSU AgCenter says Asian soybean rust is showing up earlier and in more places than usual.
Plant pathologist Clayton Hollier (OH-yay) says it has shown up in eight parishes, mainly along the coast, and in 6-inch-high "volunteer" soybean seedlings. He says that indicates that the fungus can survive through a mild winter.
The disease is known to attack more than 100 host plants, with soybeans and kudzu the most susceptible.
It was found Jan. 2 in kudzu on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge.
The early start means soybean growers may need to use fungicides earlier than usual.
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