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  2. Rust (fungus) - Wikipedia

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    Rust fungi grow intracellularly, and make spore-producing fruiting bodies within or, more often, on the surfaces of affected plant parts. [3] Some rust species form perennial systemic infections that may cause plant deformities such as growth retardation, witch's broom , stem canker, galls , or hypertrophy of affected plant parts.

  3. Wheat leaf rust - Wikipedia

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    The pathogen is a Puccinia rust fungus. It is the most prevalent of all the wheat rust diseases, occurring in most wheat-growing regions. [1] It causes serious epidemics in North America, Mexico and South America and is a devastating seasonal disease in India. P. triticina is heteroecious, requiring two distinct hosts (alternate hosts). [1] [2]

  4. Puccinia - Wikipedia

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    Puccinia is a genus of fungi.All species in this genus are obligate plant pathogens and are known as rusts. [1] The genus contains about 4000 species. [2]The genus name of Puccinia is in honour of Tommaso Puccini (died 1735), who was an Italian doctor and botanist who taught anatomy at Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence.

  5. Stem rust - Wikipedia

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    The characteristic rust color on stems and leaves is typical of a general stem rust as well as any variation of this type of fungus. Different from most fungi, the rust variations have five spore stages and alternate between two hosts. Wheat is the primary host, and barberry is the alternate host. [citation needed] The rust is sometimes termed ...

  6. Cronartium ribicola - Wikipedia

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    Cronartium ribicola is a species of rust fungus in the family Cronartiaceae that causes the disease white pine blister rust. Other names include: Rouille vésiculeuse du pin blanc (French), white pine Blasenrost (German), moho ampolla del pino blanco (Spanish).

  7. Aecium - Wikipedia

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    A rust gall covered with aecia. In some species of rust fungi with a life cycle including two different host plants, the binucleate spores produced in the aecia cannot infect the current plant host, but must infect a different plant species.

  8. Gymnosporangium sabinae - Wikipedia

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    Gymnosporangium sabinae is a species of rust fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina.Known as pear rust, European pear rust, or pear trellis rust, it is a heteroecious plant pathogen with Juniperus sabina (savin juniper) as the main primary host and Pyrus communis (common pear) as the main secondary host.

  9. Puccinia malvacearum - Wikipedia

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    Puccinia malvacearum, also known as hollyhock or mallow rust, is a fungal species within the genus Puccinia known for attacking members of the family Malvaceae. An autoecious pathogen, it can complete its life cycle using a single host.