How is soybean rust developing in Brazil?
According to Brazilian plant pathologists, soybean rust occurred early and had high disease pressure in the past growing season in Brazil. In central and northern soybean production regions, excessive rainfall favored the development of the disease. Soybean rust was not important in southern Brazil due to drought conditions. Jose Y. Tadashi, a Brazilian plant pathologist who works for EMBRAPA, reported on the situation of soybean rust at the World Soybean Research Conference early this March and estimated that US$ 750 million were spent with fungicides to control soybean rust during the last season in Brazil.
