Pustula tragopogonis | |
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A sunflower leaf with white rust infection caused by Albugo tragopogonis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Oomycota |
Order: | Albuginales |
Family: | Albuginaceae |
Genus: | Pustula |
Species: | P. tragopogonis
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Binomial name | |
Pustula tragopogonis (Pers.) Thines 2005 [1]
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Pustula tragopogonis, the goatsbeard white rust, is an oomycete plant pathogen unrelated to fungal organisms.
Albugo tragopogonis is the old name for Pustula tragopogonis,[2] the causal agent of white blister disease on goatsbeard (Tragopogon spp.).