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The Plant Doctor: Rust is cause of plumeria’s decline

Question. All of a sudden, our plumeria has developed yellow leaves with an orange coating on their backsides. What should I do to control the decline? Answer. Many of our favorite flowering plants ...
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SPRING PLANTING GUIDE TAB - Organic soybean growers face rust uncertainty

AMES, Iowa -- Organic soybean growers are concerned about the prospect of Asian soybean rust showing up in Iowa in 2005, says Kathleen Delate, who heads the organic agriculture program at Iowa State ...
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Iowa State University plant pathologists study how Asian soybean rust fungus overrides plant immune systems

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists are piecing together clues about how a global pest hacks the immune systems of soybeans. Soybean rust fungus poses one of the biggest threats to soybean ...
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SPRING PLANTING GUIDE TAB - Soybean rust plan in place across Iowa

WATERLOO, Iowa -- The discovery of Asian soybean rust in the United States Nov. 10 wasn't unexpected, although farmers had hoped it might be a few years before the disease was found. Researchers and ...

Honeybees may be helping spread tree-killing myrtle rust – new research

We know introduced honeybees as the ever-busy helpers of our gardens, farms and orchards. In pollinating crops and fertilising fruit, they support more than a third of the food we eat and are worth ...