Soybean rust Soybean rust Soybean rust is a disease that affects soybeans and other legumes. It is caused by two types of fungi, "Phakopsora pachyrhizi", commonly known as Asian soybean rust and "Phakopsora meibomiae", commonly known as New World soybean rust. "P. meibomiae" is the weaker pathogen of the two and generally does not cause widespread problems. The disease has been reported across Asia, Australia, Africa, South America and the United States. Soybean is one of the most important commercial crops around the world and in the United States. Asian soybean rust is the major disease that affects soybeans. It causes lesions
On the Soul On the Soul On the Soul (Greek , "Peri Psychēs"; Latin "De Anima") is a major treatise written by Aristotle c. 350 BC. Although its topic is the soul, it is not about spirituality but rather a work in what might best be described as biopsychology, a description of the subject of psychology within a biological framework. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations. Thus plants have the capacity for nourishment and reproduction, the minimum that must be possessed by any kind of living organism. Lower animals