Soybean rust study will allow breeders to tailor resistant varieties to local pathogens
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 15:03
in Biology & Nature
Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been popping up at the end of the growing season nearly every year since 2006. But because the fungus can't survive winter without a host plant, it's not much of a threat to Midwest crops under current conditions.