Rust of Dry Bean

G1766
Published 2013

Rust is an important disease that affects dry beans in eastern Colorado, western Nebraska and adjacent regions in the Central High Plains. The disease is caused by the obligate fungus Uromyces appendiculatus which has caused periodic epidemics in the region since the 1950s. Yield losses from the disease have been documented to exceed 50 percent in some situations.

Publication Details

Authors

Robert M Harveson

Howard F. Schwartz

James R. Steadman

Subject

Plant Diseases

Publication Date September 01, 1995
Last Revision Date October 22, 2013
Language English
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Series NebGuide