EPPO Global Database

Phakopsora pachyrhizi(PHAKPA)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2001
From CABI Disease map 504 (2015): Present, no details
References
* Jarvie, J. A. (2009) South African Journal of Science 105 (3/4), 103-108

* Levy C (2005) Epidemiology and chemical control of soybean rust in Southern Africa. Plant Disease 89(6), 669-674.

* Murithi MM, Beed F, Tukamuhabwa P, Thomma BPHJ, Joosten MHAJ (2016) Soybean production in eastern and southern Africa and threat of yield loss due to soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Plant Pathology 65, 176-188.

* Preez, E. D. du; Rij, N. C. van; Lawrance, K. F.; Miles, M. R.; Frederick, R. D. (2005) Plant Disease 89 (2), 206.
------- First record on dry beans in South Africa.

* Pretorius ZA, Visser B, du Preez PJ (2007) First report of Asian soybean rust caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi on kudzu in South Africa. Plant Disease 91(10), p 1364.
------- Found in 2005 on kudzu in Mpumalanga.

* ProMED-mail March 2001.