Columbia, Missouri – August 8, 2005

Laura Sweets, MU Extension plant pathologist, discusses how a spore trap works during a recent field day. A single, “rust-like” spore was identified on a slide submitted for examination the week of July 25 from such a trap located in Boone County. Sweets does not recommend that producers spray fungicides for Asian soybean rust at this time.

In their ongoing effort to track the movement of Asian soybean rust, the University of Missouri and the Missouri Department of Agriculture have reported the collection of a single fungal spore that resembles the spores of soybean rust.
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