Open AccessIdentification of Rust Fungi Avirulence Elicitors
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.105.040212
Subject(s) - biology , obligate , obligate parasite , rust (programming language) , botany , ornamental plant , puccinia , host (biology) , ecology , mildew , computer science , programming language
Rust fungi (Basidiomycetes of the order Uredinales) are obligate biotrophs that grow and reproduce only in living plant tissue. There are on the order of 5000 or more species of rust fungi that collectively cause disease on most crops, ornamentals, and many other plants. For example, rusts caused by
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