RUST FLASH from StopSoybeanRust.com

11:30 a.m. CDT, May 11, 2007

>>>Soybean rust found on kudzu in Louisiana<<<

Louisiana just reported its first soybean rust for this year, on kudzu in Iberia County in south-central Louisiana. Officials say "The incidence and severity are low, but the presence of ASR so early in the season is of major concern." Recent rains have made environmental conditions "very good for ASR development," they said in today's USDA commentary. Continued scattered showers are predicted in LA through the next week.
There are now 5 U.S. states that have reported soybean rust infections in 2007, in 22 counties and parishes, although many of those sites have been destroyed or freezing killed back the rust earlier this year. Counts by state: FL 10, AL 5, GA 5, LA 1, TX 1. In addition, Iowa confirmed soybean rust on a leaf from a bin of 2006 soybeans in Mahaska County in mid-March.

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