Source: USDA - www.sbrusa.net

Rust was confirmed again today, June 27th, at the Brooks County kudzu site in Georgia.

Georgia scouts destroyed all infected plant parts during the winter at that site. Therefore, this new find seems to be a recent infection.

Please consult Georgia's commentary for more information. Intensive scouting continues in soybean sentinel plots especially in the south as soybeans reach maturity. All of the soybean sentinel plots have been planted throughout the country with plants in some early planted plots starting to reach maturity. Scouting also continues on kudzu patches.

The rust find in a sentinel site in Martin county, Fl, is still the only soybean rust find in this season's soybeans.

Rust has been confirmed in five counties in Alabama, 12 in Florida, four in Georgia, and one in Texas. Many of the Southern states were experiencing hotter and drier than normal conditions reducing the likelihood of viable spore dispersal earlier this season. However, the weather conditions in the southeastern states have improved with recent rains. Spore trapping continues throughout the U.S. using both active and passive traps. Any positive spore trap information does not imply infection has taken place and plant samples are used exclusively for indicating positive rust occurrence as indicated on the soybean rust observation map.