Puccinia graminis

TaxID: 5297

Basic Information

Puccinia graminis

Black Stem Rust, Stem Rust, wheat stem rust

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. Crop species that are affected by the disease include bread wheat, durum wheat, barley and triticale. These diseases have affected cereal farming throughout history. The annual recurrence of stem rust of wheat in North Indian plains was discovered by K. C. Mehta. Since the 1950s, wheat strains bred to be resistant to stem rust have become available. Fungicides effective against stem rust are available as well. In 1999 a new, more virulent race of stem rust was identified against which most current wheat strains show no resistance. The race was named TTKSK (e.g. isolate Ug99). An epidemic of stem rust on wheat caused by race TTKSK spread across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, causing major concern due to the large numbers of people dependent on wheat for sustenance, thus threatening global food security. An outbreak of another virulent race of stem rust, TTTTF, took place in Sicily in 2016, suggesting that the disease is returning to Europe. Comprehensive genomic analysis of Puccinia graminis, combined with plant pathology and climate data, has pointed out the potential of the re-emergence of stem wheat rust in UK.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Basidiomycota

Pucciniomycetes

Pucciniales

Pucciniaceae

Puccinia

graminis

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Puccinia graminis
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(c) International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center@BY-NC-SA
Puccinia graminis
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(c) Björn Sothmann@BY-SA
Puccinia graminis
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(c) Pavel Kacl@BY
Puccinia graminis
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(c) Juha Kinnunen@BY-NC
Puccinia graminis
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(c) Almantas Kulbis@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Berberis Host
Triticum Host

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Canada Quarantine pest 2019
United States of America Quarantine pest 1989

Distribution (56 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Belarus Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR33696069 - - - 75951221 Ethiopia
SRR33696068 - - - 99667331 Ethiopia
SRR33696067 - - - 55483371 Ethiopia

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature