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ALERT: Soybean rust found on soybean in Brooks County, GA
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7/24/06 4:45 p.m. CDT – Georgia officials reported today a soybean rust find on soybeans in Brooks County. The two previous finds in this county have been on kudzu.
According to the state commentary, "The soybean sample was collected from a soybean field grown for an industry product trial, and rust was confirmed with a microscope. Ten or so leaves were examined, and all 10 leaves were infected with sporulating soybean rust pustules.
"South Georgia has been getting some rainfall over the last couple of weeks, and we are starting to detect more soybean rust, perhaps due to recent rainfall. Soybean rust had already been confirmed in the same county on kudzu at 2 different locations, so this find was not a surprise."
Currently, rust has only been found on this year's soybeans in four different counties in three states (AL,FL,GA) -- the rest of the finds have been on kudzu. A total of 25 counties have reported rust this year and include five in Alabama, 12 in Florida, five in Georgia, two in Louisiana, and one in Texas.
Source: Georgia commentary on www.sbrusa.net
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