Uredo glumarumRoberge, in Desmazières, Pl. crypt. exsicc. 3: no. 1477 (1843)
Puccinia striiformis is a
fungal species and
plant pathogen. It causes
stripe rust on
wheat, but has other hosts as well. The species is common in
Europe and in more recent years has become a problem in
Australia.[2] Crop infections can cause losses of up to 40%, and the fungus will infect both
winter wheat and
spring wheat.[3]
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of P. striiformis was revised by Liu & Hambleton in 2010. These strains – commonly called stripe rusts of wheat and other grasses – were redefined as a sensu lato and separated into four species based on molecular and morphological studies: Puccinia striiformis sensu stricto (on Aegilops, Elymus, Hordeum and Triticum spp.), Puccinia pseudostriiformis (on Poa spp.), Puccinia striiformoides (on Dactylis glomerata, which Liu & Hambleton believe to generalize to all Dactylis) and Puccinia gansensis (a
sp. nov. they find on Achnatherum inebrians).[4]P. striiformis, can greatly decrease wheat yield in northern
Punjab and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP).[citation needed]
^Bushnell, William Rodgers; Roelfs, Alan P. (1984). The Cereal Rusts: Origins, specificity, structure, and physiology.
Academic Press.
ISBN978-0-12-148401-9.
Uredo glumarumRoberge, in Desmazières, Pl. crypt. exsicc. 3: no. 1477 (1843)
Puccinia striiformis is a
fungal species and
plant pathogen. It causes
stripe rust on
wheat, but has other hosts as well. The species is common in
Europe and in more recent years has become a problem in
Australia.[2] Crop infections can cause losses of up to 40%, and the fungus will infect both
winter wheat and
spring wheat.[3]
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of P. striiformis was revised by Liu & Hambleton in 2010. These strains – commonly called stripe rusts of wheat and other grasses – were redefined as a sensu lato and separated into four species based on molecular and morphological studies: Puccinia striiformis sensu stricto (on Aegilops, Elymus, Hordeum and Triticum spp.), Puccinia pseudostriiformis (on Poa spp.), Puccinia striiformoides (on Dactylis glomerata, which Liu & Hambleton believe to generalize to all Dactylis) and Puccinia gansensis (a
sp. nov. they find on Achnatherum inebrians).[4]P. striiformis, can greatly decrease wheat yield in northern
Punjab and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP).[citation needed]
^Bushnell, William Rodgers; Roelfs, Alan P. (1984). The Cereal Rusts: Origins, specificity, structure, and physiology.
Academic Press.
ISBN978-0-12-148401-9.