Sunday, September 7, 2008

Cereal Rusts and their hosts

Bread Wheat(Triticum aestivum) / Durum Wheat(Triticum turgidum)

stem rust - Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici - Barberry (Berberis vulgaris, B. canadensis)





leaf rust - P. triticina (P. recondita f. sp. tritici) - Meadow Rue (Thalictrum speciosissimum = T. flavum ssp. glaucum)


leaf rust - P. tritici-duri - Anchusa italica . Occurs only in the Mediterranean Area



stripe rust - P. striiformis f. sp. tritici - unknown

stripe rust - P. striiformis f. sp. hordei (rare)








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