Confirmed soybean rust detection in 2006

Soybean rust was detected in 15 States in 2006, but severe rust epidemics did not occur. By the end of 2006, the presence of rust had been confirmed in 42 counties in North Carolina, 28 counties in Arkansas, 27 in Alabama, 26 in Louisiana, 24 in Florida, 21 in South Carolina, 19 in Tennessee, 18 each in Kentucky and Virginia, 17 in Georgia, 9 in Mississippi, 8 in Illinois, 7 in Texas, 6 in Indiana, and 5 in Missouri.

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