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Tools for Scouting for Soybean Rust
Soybean
Symptoms

Soybean Rust Hosts
Soybean Rust Symptoms

Soybean Rust Pictoral Severity Index-PDF

Soybean Rust Pest Alert, NCIPM Center- PDF
The Soybean Rust Pest Alert produced by the NCIPM center provides basic information on the history of soybean rust as well as host range, bology and symptoms of the disease.

Soybean Rust Identification Card- PDF
The soybean rust identification card has many great photos of Soybean Rust as well as photos and descriptions of similar diseases. Funding for this project was provided by the USDA APHIS. The Soybean Rust identification card was developed by USDA, APHIS, Land Grant Universities in cooperation with NC-504, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Soybean Check-off Board.

Downy Mildew on Soybean Soybean Rust, University of Missouri Extension
This site offers photos and information on symptoms of soybean rust as well as other soybean diseases. It has a photo gallery that illustrates the development of the disease over time. It also has a second photo gallery of similar looking soybean diseases.

Soybean Rust Identification and Management- Pennsylvania State University
This publication provides information on identification as well as full color photos of Asian Soybean Rust and other similar looking soybean diseases. In addition, this publication includes the step by step process of how to scout for soybean rust in the field.

Similar Looking Diseases
Other Soybean Diseases that Look Similar to Soybean Rust
Soybean field Photo Scott Bauer, USDA-ARS, www.ipmimages.org University of Missouri Extension
Bacterial Blight

Bacterial Pustule
Downy Mildew
Frogeye Leaf Spot
Septoria Brown Spot


Soybean Growth Stages

Pictoral Guide to Soybean Reproductive Stages-PDF
Michigan State University Extension
Kudzu, www.ipmimages.org

Soybean Growth Stages
Plant Health Initiative Website

Soybean Rust Hosts
Known Host Crops Worldwide for Phakopsora pachyrhizi
Causal Agent of Soybean Rust (SBR)

Kent Smith, January 4, 2007
USDA-ARS Office of Pest Management Policy