How to Submit a Suspect Soybean Rust Sample

If you have a suspect soybean rust sample you may:

1. Take a sample to your local County Extension Office where the agent can submit the sample using PDIS for diagnosis.
2. Or, you can submit the soybean leaf sample directly to:

 

 
If you are sending a sample directly it must meet the following requirements:

1. Send up to 20 leaves with suspect symptoms.
2. Leaves should be placed between two dry paper towels and lay flat.
3. The sample should be packaged in 2 sealed, ziplock  bags.  The bags should be clearly labeled using a permanent marker providing us with the host, date, County where sample was collected, grower’s name, phone number, and field ID.
4. The package should be mailed no later than Wednesday for the week so that it arrives in the lab fresh and before the weekend.