date:Nov 15, 2012
include Doug Jardine, extension plant pathologist with K-State Research and Extension.
Kansas soybean producers were major beneficiaries of this collaborative effort, Jardine said, adding that $25-$30 per acre can be saved for every acre not sprayed.
Because of these efforts, growers were confident in not applying fungicides to their crops in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, when soybean rust did appear in Kansas, fungicide applications were able to be targeted only to those areas of the state with es