Wheat Stem Rust, also called stem rust, cereal rust, black rust or red rust, is caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis and causes significant disease in cereal crops including bread wheat, durum wheat, barley and triticale. It has affected cereal farming throughout history; the annual recurrence of stem rust of wheat in North Indian plains was discovered by K. C. Mehta, and since the 1950s wheat strains bred for resistance have become available alongside effective fungicides.
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System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleAgricultural or Structural Pest 1 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Puccinia graminis
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1. Wheat stem rust (Puccinia graminis) (Wikipedia)
- present tense, causes ongoing disease in cereal crops
- causes significant disease in cereal crops...threatening global food security
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Stem rust, also known as cereal rust, black rust, red rust or red dust, is caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis, which causes significant disease in cereal crops.
View the Source2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species profiles for Puccinia graminis
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies profileQuote, Species profile
"taxonKey": 2514501, "marine": false, "freshwater": false, "terrestrial": true, "extinct": false, "source": "Catalogue of Life"
3. Stem rust (Wikipedia)
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Puccinia graminis
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Pucciniomycetes, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Pucciniomycetes, Taxon record
"class": "Pucciniomycetes"
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