- leaf rust
- noun Date: 1865 a rust disease of plants and especially of wheat that affects primarily the leaves
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
leaf rust
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leaf rust — noun : a rust disease of plants and especially of cereal grasses (as wheat or rye) primarily affecting the leaves * * * Plant Pathol. a disease, esp. of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust colored pustules of spores on the affected… … Useful english dictionary
Leaf rust (barley) — Leaf rust is a fungal disease of barley caused by Puccinia hordei . It is also known as brown rust and it is the most important rust disease on barley.cite book last = Mathre first = D.E. title = Compendium of barley diseases publisher = American … Wikipedia
leaf rust — Plant Pathol. a disease, esp. of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
Wheat leaf rust — Taxobox image caption = Symptons of wheat leaf rust name = Puccinia triticina regnum = Fungi phylum = Basidiomycota classis = Urediniomycetes ordo = Uredinales familia = Pucciniaceae genus = Puccinia species = P. triticina binomial = Puccinia… … Wikipedia
brown leaf rust — noun : a disease of rye caused by a fungus (Puccinia dispersa) compare stem rust … Useful english dictionary
orange leaf rust — noun : a rust of wheat and other grasses caused by a fungus (Puccinia triticina), characterized by orange colored pustules on the leaves, resulting in decreased yield and quality of grain, and involving as alternate host of the parasite a meadow… … Useful english dictionary
Rust (fungus) — Taxobox name = Rusts image width = 330px image caption = Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici on wheat leaf regnum = Fungi divisio = Basidiomycota classis = Urediniomycetes ordo = Uredinales subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Pucciniaceae… … Wikipedia
Leaf Rapids, Manitoba — Infobox city official name = Town of Leaf Rapids nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = Canada subdivision type1 = Province subdivision name1 = Manitoba… … Wikipedia
leaf disease — noun any plant disease localized in the foliage • Hypernyms: ↑plant disease * * * noun 1. : a disease localized in the foliage 2. : a coffee disease caused by a rust fungus (Hemileia vastatrix) called also coffee disease … Useful english dictionary
wheat rust — noun rust fungus that attacks wheat • Syn: ↑Puccinia graminis • Hypernyms: ↑rust, ↑rust fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Puccinia, ↑genus Puccinia * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
