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Rafael Pereira

Innovation and Development Manager UPL Brasil

Senior manager for Regulatory Affairs, Development and Innovation at UPL Brazil

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Rafael Pereira 2018-09-04 Brazil: There is no doubt that the main measure for this disease control is still done by spraying fungicides; some three to four applications on average are done per soybean cycle in Brazil. The fungicide should be used as soon as the first symptoms are visible or must be preventative (preferable) and have the resistance gene. Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?