How to Submit a
Suspect Soybean Rust Sample
If you have a suspect soybean rust sample you may:
-
Take a sample to your local County
Extension Office where the agent can submit the sample using PDIS for
diagnosis.
- Or, you can submit the soybean leaf sample
directly to:
Kansas State University Plant Disease
Diagnostic Lab
Department of Plant Pathology
4032 Throckmorton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-5504
There
is no fee for 2006 soybean rust testing.
The soybean rust testing is free in 2006 courtesy of
the
Kansas Soybean Commission
However,
fees for all other testing
still apply.
If you are sending a sample it must meet
the following requirements:
- Send up to 20 leaves with suspect symptoms.
- Leaves should be placed between two dry
paper towels and lay flat.
- The sample should be packaged in 2 sealed, ziplock
bags. The bags should be clearly labeled using a permanent marker
providing us with the host, date, County where sample was collected,
grower’s name, phone number, and field ID.
- The package should be mailed no later than
Wednesday for the week so that it arrives in the lab fresh and before
the weekend.
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