Tag: soybean rust

Hurricanes can bring crop diseases, but plant clinics help farmers quickly and accurately battle pathogens spread by storms

by Brad Buck
May 28, 2025

Last fall, strawberry fields in the Tampa Bay region and at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) were riddled by colletotrichum crown rot disease, which was spread by winds and rain from Hurricane Milton. The Category ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Crops, Crown Rot, Disease Control, Diseases, Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hurricane Milton, Hurricanes, Kenneth Parker, Marcus Marin, Mathews Paret, Mid-Florida Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, North Florida Research And Education Center, Pathogens, Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Plant Diseases, Plant Pathology, Rapid Diagnosis, Southwest Florida Research And Education Center, Soybean Rust, Strawberries, Tropical Research And Education Center

Soybean Rust found in Jackson County Sentinel Plot

by wright
August 21, 2015

Soybean rust (SBR) has been found on the sentinel plot in Jackson County at the Extension Office. Because these plots are scouted for SBR on a regular basis, the SBR was confirmed very early. SBR has now been confirmed in Florida, Louisiana, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Alert, Pest Management, Soybean Rust

Soybean Rust Update

by Brad Buck
August 22, 2014

Soybean Rust is Around but Not on Soybeans Since its arrival in the United States in 2004, soybean rust has developed into more of a problem in the southeastern U.S, than in other areas of the country. To monitor disease prevalence and spread, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Field Crops, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management, Soybean, Soybean Rust, Soybeans

Triple-Threat in One Soybean Field: Grasshopper Damage, Asian Soybean Rust and Palmer Amaranth

by Libbie Johnson
September 13, 2013

September generally signals the start of peanut and cotton harvests, but in many counties of northwest Florida late planted soybeans still need continued scouting for disease, insect, and weed pests. Unfortunately, one producer here in the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Disease, Grasshopper, Insects, Palmer Amaranth, Palmer Pigweed, Panhandle Agriculture, Pest Management, Soybean Rust, Soybeans

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