Texas: soybean rust confirmed between Houston and Beaumont

Asian soybean rust (ASR) has been confirmed in kudzu under a bridge north of Dayton in Liberty County, Texas, which is between Houston and Beaumont. Rust was found in this location last fall, and the kudzu had died back over the winter, according to a posting on USDA’s soybean rust web site late Saturday night.

The incidence of rust was ranked as low.

The Dayton area was the first place where soybean rust was found in Texas - in November 2005.

The initial find in the Dayton area in 2006 was reported on August 20, 2006.