Definition of Puccinia graminis

1. Noun. Rust fungus that attacks wheat.

Exact synonyms: Wheat Rust
Generic synonyms: Rust, Rust Fungus
Group relationships: Genus Puccinia, Puccinia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puccinia Graminis

Ptychozoon homalocephalum
Pu
Pub.
Pub. L.
Public Health Service
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Public Limited Liability Company
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major
Publius Ovidius Naso
Publius Terentius Afer
Publius Vergilius Maro
Puccini
Puccinia
Puccinia graminis
Pucciniaceae
Pucikwar
Puck
Pucklike
Pudahuel
Puducherry
Puebla
Puebla de Zaragoza
Pueblan
Pueblans
Puebloan
Puebloans
Pueraria
Pueraria lobata

Literary usage of Puccinia graminis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"puccinia graminis (WHEAT RUST) A. Classification: Division I. ... puccinia graminis requires two different kinds of hosts in order to complete its life ..."

2. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"Rye is attacked by puccinia graminis, causing stem-rust, and by a special strain of Puccinia rubigo-vera, causing leaf-rust. Barley is attacked by a special ..."

3. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"puccinia graminis on wheat kernels and its relation to subsequent infection. CHAS. W. HUNGERFORD Various workers have noted the occurrence of rust pustules ..."

4. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"puccinia graminis, Pers. THE summer rust and mildew of corn, as caused by the fungus known as puccinia graminis, Pers., is of greater importance from an ..."

5. Diseases of Field and Garden Crops: Chiefly Such as are Caused by Fungi by Worthington George Smith (1884)
"puccinia graminis, Pers. THE summer rust and mildew of corn, as caused by the fungus known as puccinia graminis, Pers., is of greater importance from an ..."

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