Overview of Rust Fungi - Plant Management Network
Overview of Rust Fungi - Plant Management Network
Overview of Rust Fungi - Plant Management Network
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What are rusts?<br />
• Pucciniales (Uredinales) in Pucciniomycotina (Basidiomycota)<br />
• ca. 7000 species (Kirk et al. 2008) – the largest group <strong>of</strong> phytopathogens<br />
ca. 25% <strong>of</strong> all described Basidiomycota<br />
ca. 8% <strong>of</strong> all described <strong>Fungi</strong><br />
• all parasites on plants including many cultivated crops<br />
varying degrees <strong>of</strong> host specificity<br />
• <strong>Rust</strong>s figure prominently as exotic invasives (e.g., Soybean rust, UG99,<br />
sugarcane rust) and comprise 22 <strong>of</strong> the 52 fungi on the USDA Animal and<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> Health Inspection Service Regulated <strong>Plant</strong> Pests list (2000)
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