Pest Alert

Stephen J. Toth, Jr., editor

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The information and recommendations in this newsletter are applicable to North Carolina and may not apply in other areas.


Date: September 19, 2006

From: Jim Dunphy and Steve Koenning, Crop Science Extension and Plant Pathology Specialists


Soybean Rust Update

Asiatic Soybean Rust was confirmed today on a single leaf from a commercial field near St. Pauls, in Robeson County, North Carolina. Robeson County is adjacent to Columbus County, where last week rust was first confirmed in North Carolina this growing season.

This puts rust closer than it had previously been confirmed to Elizabeth City (190 miles), to Fayetteville (10 miles), to Raleigh (75 miles), to Washington, North Carolina (125 miles), and to Winston-Salem (120 miles). This find is also approximately 190 miles from Charlotte, 315 miles from Murphy, and 70 miles from Wilmington.


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Last modified on September 19, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.

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