Pustula tragopogonis

Pustula tragopogonis
A sunflower leaf with white rust infection caused by Albugo tragopogonis.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Albuginales
Family: Albuginaceae
Genus: Pustula
Species:
P. tragopogonis
Binomial name
Pustula tragopogonis
(Pers.) Thines 2005 [1]

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.).

  1. ^ Thines, Marco; Spring, Otmar (2005). "A revision of Albugo (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes)". Mycotaxon. 92: 443–458.
  2. ^ "Species Fungorum: Pustula tragopogonis". Retrieved November 9, 2019.