Soybean Rust - Name Change Request			08/03/07 (H. F. Schwartz)

As primary collator for the Common Names of Plant Diseases – Diseases of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), I was requested recently by Monte Miles to no longer use the common name, Asian Soybean Rust, in reference to the disease caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).  I believe that the following name changes would reduce confusion in our use of rust disease names for common bean and soybean, and provide more continuity among legume pathologists worldwide.  If approved, these name changes could be reflected in future APS Press Compendia editions and other legume rust resources.

Your advice and feedback will be appreciated – please contact me by Sept. 1, 2007 at:  howard.schwartz@colostate.edu

The current list of APS Common Names is available at:
http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/comment/bean.asp

Current Names:
Common Bean List of Diseases:
Rust:	Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.: Pers.) Unger

Soybean Rust:
Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow {Asian Soybean Rust}
Phakopsora meibomiae (Arthur) Arthur {American Soybean Rust}

Soybean List of Diseases:
Rust*  Phakopsora pachyrhizi  Syd.

Proposed Changes – If Supported by Common Bean and/or Soybean Colleagues:
(Action Plan:  A proposal would be sent by the Common Bean Collator (H. F. Schwartz) and/or Soybean Collator (Sung Lim) to the Chair of the Committee for the Standardization of Common Names for Plant Diseases for posting on the APS web site where challenges could be made and considered by the Committee before approving or rejecting the proposed name changes.)

Common Bean:
Rusts:
Common Rust		Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.: Pers.) Unger

Soybean Rust		Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow

Legume Rust		Phakopsora meibomiae (Arthur) Arthur

Soybean:
Rusts:
Soybean Rust		Phakopsora pachyrhizi Sydow

Legume Rust		Phakopsora meibomiae (Arthur) Arthur