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Cultural Practices to Reduce Rust Problems
Growers should not plant beans back on last year's bean fields, or even adjacent fields if possible, because the inoculum does survive on crop residue. Burning residue will reduce the amount of inoculum, but growers need to consider soil conservation requirements in selecting tillage options.
Rust will be more severe in late-planted beans. Getting the crop in around a normal planting date will make a difference. Very wet fields in some bean growing areas may make this difficult.
Planting a resistant variety should at least buy sometime before infection appears and make a fungicide program more effective.
Monitoring bean fields early in the season will be very important. Timing of fungicide applications will be critical. Rust infections need to be caught early. Growers need to walk fields searching for small hot spots to determine the need for a fungicide application.
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