G95-1250 Rust of Dry Bean

Authors

James R. Steadman, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
H. F. Schwartz, Colorado State UniversityFollow
Dale T. Lindgren, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

1995

Comments

© 1995, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on behalf of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension. All rights reserved.

Abstract

The symptoms, sources, spread and management of rust in dry edible beans is discussed in this NebGuide.

Rust is an important disease that affects dry beans in eastern Colorado, western Nebraska and adjacent regions. The disease is caused by the fungus Uromyces appendiculatus which has caused periodic epidemics in this region since the 1950s. Recent yield losses from the disease have exceeded 50 percent in some areas.