Definition of Rust fungus

1. Noun. Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants.


Definition of Rust fungus

1. Noun. any of many fungi, of the order ''Uredinales'' that cause the rust disease in plants ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rust Fungus

russets
russetting
russettings
russety
russias
russificatory
russified
russifies
russify
russifying
russophobia
russula
rust
rust-free
rust fungi
rust fungus (current term)
rust inhibitor
rust mite
rust off
rustable
rustbelt
rustbelts
rustbucket
rustbuckets
rusted
rustenburgite
rustful
rustic
rustical
rusticality

Literary usage of Rust fungus

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

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"There is another form which the rust fungus assumes, not usually seen in the asparagus field, but it may be found in early spring upon plants that are not ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... the rust fungus assumes, not usually seen in the asparagus field, but it may be found in early spring upon plants that are not subjected to cutting. ..."

3. Fundamentals of Botany by Charles Stuart Gager (1916)
"... the protoplast becoming organized into spores (ascospores), and the wall of the mother-cell serving as an ascus. A "RUST" FUNGUS (WHEAT RUST) ..."

4. Fundamentals of Botany by Charles Stuart Gager (1916)
"... protoplast becoming organized into spores (ascospores), and the wall of the mother-cell serving as an ascus. A "RUST" FUNGUS (WHEAT RUST) ..."

5. Minnesota Plant Diseases by Edward Monroe Freeman (1905)
"Cluster-cups of ash-leaf rust fungus, on an ash twig. Magnified. ... Cluster-cup spores from the rust fungus of Fig. 75. Highly magnified. ..."

6. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The life history and control of this rust-fungus is similar to the white pine blister-rust except that it has ..."

7. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The life history and control of this rust-fungus is similar to the white pine blister-rust except that it has ..."

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