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Kentucky News updated as of
April 20, 2009
- Hello Everyone,
Below is the current distribution of soybean rust in 2009 compared with the same date for 2008. The main difference as I see it, is the overwinter survival of rust in Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana. This is the first time that the disease has successfully overwintered in these states without some sort of break in detection. Consult the state commentaries on www.sbrusa.net for specifics, but generally, the disease can currently be found at very low levels in kudzu. Conditions have been wet in these areas, but it is my understanding that there is yet to be any evidence of disease increase in kudzu, and nothing has been found in soybean.
The overwinter survival of soybean rust in AL, GA and LA may have very little impact on what transpires during the rest of the season, or it could have a tremendous impact. The determining factor will be the weather conditions over the next two months. I am not predicting doom and gloom. Far from it! But the situation does merit watching, especially since the active areas have lots of kudzu that *could* serve as a springboard for disease movement into soybean. Last year on this date, the disease could be found in Texas, but they have very little kudzu and soybean acres are limited. So the potential disease situation at this point in the season is significantly different between 2009 and 2008.
Have a rust-free day!
2009
2008
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- News update (June 09, 2008)
- News update (May 28, 2008)
- News update (May 07, 2008)
- News update (April 27, 2008)
- News update (April 25, 2008)
- News update (April 09, 2008)
- News update (April 07, 2008)
2007
- News update (October 27, 2007)
- News update (October 22, 2007)
- News update (October 12, 2007)
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- News update (October 3, 2007)
- News update (September 28, 2007)
- News update (September 26, 2007)
- News update (September 21, 2007)
- News update (September 18, 2007)
- News update (September 14, 2007)
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- News update (September 7, 2007)
- News update (August 31, 2007)
- News update (August 27, 2007)
- News update (August 23, 2007)
- News update (August 16, 2007)
- News update (August 14, 2007)
- News update (August 13, 2007)
- News update (June 19, 2007)
- archived news page (through
April, 2005)
Trainings
- no soybean rust specific trainings
are presently being offered in Kentucky
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