Progress of Asian soybean rust and airborne urediniospores of Phakopsora pachyrhizi in southern Brazil

Asian soybean rust, caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, was reported at epidemic levels in 2003/2004 and is the main soybean disease in Brazil. The aim of this study was to investigate the spread of Asian soybean rust and to quantify airborne urediniospores in the region of Campo Mourão, Par...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Fernandes do Nascimento, João Batista Vida, Dauri José Tessmann, Laércio Zambolim, Rafael Augusto Vieira, Ricardo Ribeiro de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Grupo Paulista de Fitopatologia 2012-12-01
Series:Summa Phytopathologica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-54052012000400002&lng=en&tlng=en