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