More information sources on soybean rust

Websites

• Check the USDA PIPE rust maps frequently. Click on the state of Wisconsin for advisories

  USDA PIPE (Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education) The main USDA website on soybean rust is part of the coordinated federal, state, university, and industry-supported framework for surveillance, reporting, prediction, and management of soybean rust for the 2007 growing season.
• Plant Health Initiative (PHI) Soybean Rust
  North Central Soybean Research Program, Plant Health Initiative. Compilation of research information from the 12 midwestern land-grant universities, including the University of Wisconsin.
• Soybean Rust Information Center
  The Plant Management Network recently launched this clearinghouse of information on soybean rust, including breaking news, links to key government, national, and university websites, and a soybean rust database.

• Soybean Rust Management in Wisconsin
  A two-page bulletin from the UW Nutrient and Pest Management program, UW Integrated Pest Management, and UW-Extension, with guidelines and a decision tree for rust fungicide use...view pdf»
• Soybean Rust and Crop Insurance
  A two-page brochure on insurance claims and Asian soybean rust, Soybean Rust, Crop Insurance, and You, has just been released from the USDA Risk Management Agency.
  View publication (pdf)»
• Over 315 rust researchers and agronomy specialists from universities, federal agencies, and industry met at thesecond annual National Soybean Rust Symposium 2006. The event was organized by the Americal Phytopathological Society to provide a forum in which to share the latest research and information on soybean rust acquired during North America's second crop season with the disease. The proceedings from this symposium are available online at the Plant Management Network website. View 2006 symposium proceedings»

Diagnostic help

• Soybean Rust ID card (pdf)
• Soybean Rust - Wisconsin Pest Alert  (pdf)