Organisms

Puccinia

A genus of fungi in the family Pucciniaceae, order Pucciniales, and phylum BASIDIOMYCOTA. Puccinia fungi are causative agents for some plant fungal rust diseases such as cereal rust caused by Puccinia graminis.

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A genus of fungi in the family Pucciniaceae, order Pucciniales, and phylum BASIDIOMYCOTA. Puccinia fungi are causative agents for some plant fungal rust diseases such as cereal rust caused by Puccinia graminis.

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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2021

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  • Basidiomycota (1963-2020)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Puccinia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000084643. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000084643
  2. Puccinia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puccinia
  3. Puccinia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q305162