Puccinia
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Puccinia is a genus of fungi. All species in this genus are obligate plant pathogens and are known as rusts
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Examples of Puccinia rusts and the diseases they cause:
The rust species Puccinia obtegens has shown some promise for controlling Canada thistle, but it must be used in conjunction with other control measures to be effective .
Rust (fungus)
Rusts are plant diseases caused by pathogenic fungi of the order Pucciniales. About 7800 species are known. Rusts can affect a variety of plants; leaves, stems, fruits and seeds. Rust is most commonly seen as coloured powder, composed off tiny aeciospores which land on vegetation producing...
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Examples of Puccinia rusts and the diseases they cause:
- Puccinia asparagiPuccinia asparagiPuccinia asparagi is a plant pathogen that causes rust on asparagus.- External links :* *...
- Asparagus rust - Puccinia graminis - Stem rust, also known as black rust
- Puccinia horiana - Chrysanthemum white rust
- Puccinia poarumPuccinia poarumPuccinia poarum, Coltsfoot Rust gall or Meadow Grass Rust is a plant pathogen. This fungal parasite forms a bright yellow gall, 1–2 cm across, on the underside of leaves of the Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara and infects, but does not gall grasses of the poaceae family.-Characteristics:This...
- Coltsfoot rust gall - Puccinia psidiiPuccinia psidiiPuccinia psidii is a rust native to Brazil with a very broad host range in the myrtle family . Puccinia psidii can have very serious consequences to various species of plants in the Myrtaceae...
- Guava rust or eucalyptus rust - Puccinia reconditaPuccinia reconditaPuccinia recondita is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *...
- Brown rust - Puccinia sessilisPuccinia sessilisPuccinia sessilis is a fungal plant pathogen, also known as Arum Rust or Ransons Rust. It commonly infects Arum maculatum and Allium ursinum causing yellow to orange circular patches on leaves. On the underside it produces raised orange aecia commonly covered in spores...
- Arum rust and Ransoms rust - Puccinia striiformis - Stripe rust, also known as yellow rust
- Puccinia triticina - Wheat leaf rust, also known as brown rust
The rust species Puccinia obtegens has shown some promise for controlling Canada thistle, but it must be used in conjunction with other control measures to be effective .