Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis

Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis is a 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.[1] Infection can cause losses of up to 40%, and the fungus will infect both winter wheat and spring wheat.[2] The taxonomy of Puccinia striiformis was revised in 2010. The commonly called stripe rusts on wheat and grasses were 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 spp.) and Puccinia gansensis (on Achnatherum spp.)[3]

Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Urediniomycetes
Subclass:
Incertae sedis
Order:
Uredinales
Family:
Pucciniastraceae
Genus:
Puccinia
Species:
P. striiformis var. striiformis
Binomial name
Puccinia striiformis var. striiformis
Westend., (1854)
Synonyms

Dicaeoma glumarum
Puccinia glumarum
Puccinia rubigo-vera
Puccinia straminis
Puccinia striiformis
Trichobasis glumarum
Uredo glumarum

The stripe rust, Puccinia striiformis, can greatly decrease wheat yield in northern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NWFP).[4]

Lifecycle

See also

References
  1. Roelfs, A. P. and W. R. Bushnell (1984). The Cereal Rusts: Origins, Specificity, Structure and Physiology, Academic Press.
  2. Cereal Disease Laboraty, ARS
  3. M. Liu and S. Hambleton (2010) Taxonomic study of stripe rust, Puccinia striiformis sensu lato, based on molecular and morphological evidence. Fungal Biology 114:881-899.
  4. AFZAL1, SYED NADEEM; et al. (2008). "IMPACT OF STRIPE RUST ON KERNEL WEIGHT OF WHEAT VARIETIES SOWN IN RAINFED AREAS OF PAKISTAN" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of Botany. 40 (2): 923–929. Retrieved 16 April 2012.


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