From the Delta Farm Press:

Asian soybean rust has been found in a soybean sentinel plot maintained by agricultural consultant Blaine Viator in St. Martin Parish near Coteau, La., according to LSU AgCenter plant pathologist Clayton Hollier.

The infected soybean plant was discovered on June 4 and verified by Patricia Bollich, an LSU AgCenter research technologist, by a field test, Hollier said.

“The significance is that this is the first sighting of Asian soybean rust on soybeans in Louisiana during 2009,” Hollier said. “The variety is unknown at this point, but the plant is in maturity group 5.

“Incidence and severity are low currently,” Hollier added.

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