Project Number: 3611-22000-019-06
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Jun 01, 2007
End Date: May 31, 2009

Objective:
Monitor spores at three test sites for soybean rust using passive spore traps.

Approach:
Establish three monitoring sites (Baton Rouge, LA; Quincy, FL and Blackville, SC) to test for soybean rust spores using passive air traps (glass slides). The traps will be sampled three time per week and examined microscopically for spores. Data will be combined and compared to other data collected by other collaborators on the project. This will enhance future forecasting models that use spore deposition to predict rust outbreaks.