Taxonomy: Fungi.

Description: Oligate parasitic (requires a living host) fungi. Small brown lesions form on the leaves. See images or use this link to identify rust in wheat or Soya.

Determent to crops: Yeild loss. 

Monitoring remarks: Check for early signs on the low leaves of the crop. Monitor more frequently once the crop canopy has closed, and during periods of persistent rainfall.

Action threshold: Preventative fungicides recommended. Take curative action at early signs of the disease.

Contact a Cropserve agronomist for further information.