Ninth Florida county with rust has an infected commercial field
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This soybean rust update is provided to you by the Michigan State University Field Crop CAT Alert Team.
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We would like to welcome Kevin Cherry from Lafayette, IN, to Great Lakes Hybrids. Kevin will taking over a district in West Central Indiana.
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Issue no. 20 of the Bulletin for Illinois is now available on the Web.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Spider Mite Problems Intensify in Northern Illinois
• Late-Season Root Protection of YieldGard Hybrids: Evaluating Performance
• Soybean Aphids in Illinois: An Update
• Continued Concerns About Control of Twospotted Spider Mites
• Don’t Forget About Late-Summer Moths in Corn
• Impact of Late-Season Glyphosate Applications on Weed Seeds
• Weed Control in Wheat Stubble Fields

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• Soybean Rust Update
• Fungicide/Pesticide Storage
• Soybean Aphid Update
• Orthene Labeled for Soybean Aphid Control
• Preharvest Intervals and Soybean Insects
• Estimating Yield Losses in Drought Damaged Corn Fields
• Western Ohio Agronomy Field Day – August 10th (6-9 p.m.)
• Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Field Day August 16th

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The USDA will release the first forecast of the size of the 2005 U.S. corn and soybean crops on August 12. The final estimate of the crop size could be much different than the August forecast, but this report provides the starting point for guessing the final size.
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BLOOMINGTON, IL – Even though university researchers have identified a probable glyphosate-resistant Palmer pigweed case at specific sites in Georgia-one that they are calling a “difficult to control” case until it is confirmed through genetic testing-Illinois soybean farmers can rest assured that their checkoff investment is investigating weed control and resistance, and so far, no weeds in the state have been found to be glyphosate resistant.
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8/01/2005—Rust found in second AL county. Per the USDA Alabama state commentary and USDA alerts this afternoon, Asian soybean rust was confirmed by PCR on three leaves collected July 29 from a sentinel plot on Auburn University’s campus in Lee County.
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A spore trap in Champaign County, Illinois has turned up 4 rust-like spores, but plant pathologists are quick to say that this finding does NOT mean we have Asian soybean rust infection in Illinois.
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