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Is there a possibility for SBR to over-winter inside the grain bins on seed?

April 26, 2017bins grain over-winter POSSIBILITY sbr seed

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Is there a possibility for SBR to over-winter inside the grain bins on seed?

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No. Urediniospores of the soybean rust pathogen are not very tough and they will die in a few weeks at most. The soybean rust pathogen is an obligate parasite and can only survive long-term inside the leaves of its living host. If the host tissue dies, the rust pathogen dies.