Common Rust Fungi in Agriculture
- Puccinia sorghi causes common rust in corn
- Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae (Cedar-apple rust); the Juniperus virginiana is the primary (telial) host and the apple, pear or hawthorn is the secondary (aecial) host.Heteroecious and demicyclic
- Cronartium ribicola (White pine blister rust); the primary host are currants, and white pines the secondary. Heterocyclic and macrocyclic
- Hemileia vastatrix (Coffee rust); Primary host is coffee plant; Unknown alternate host. Heteroecious
- Puccinia graminis (Stem rust of wheat and Kentucky bluegrass); Primary hosts include: Kentucky bluegrass, barley, and wheat; Common barberry is the alternate host. Heteroecious and macrocyclic
- Puccinia coronata (Crown Rust of Oats and Ryegrass); Oats are the primary host; Rhamnus spp. (Buckthorn) is alternate host. Heteroecious and macrocyclic
- Phakopsora meibomiae and P. pachyrhizi (Soybean rust); Primary host is soybean and various legumes. Unknown alternate host. Heteroecious
- Uromyces phaseoli (Bean rust); Primary host:bean. Autoecious and macrocyclic
- Puccinia hemerocallidis (Daylily rust); Daylily is primary host; Patrina sp is alternate host. Heteroecious and macrocyclic
- Puccinia persistens subsp. triticina causes wheat rust in grains. It is also known as 'brown or red rust'.
- Puccinia striiformis causes 'Yellow rust' and Puccinia graminis causes 'black rust' in cereals.
- Uromyces appendeculatus is a problem on beans
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