Uromyces ciceris-arietini
Species of fungus
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Uromyces ciceris-arietini is a fungal species and plant pathogen infecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum).[2][3][4]
| Uromyces ciceris-arietini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
| Order: | Pucciniales |
| Family: | Pucciniaceae |
| Genus: | Uromyces |
| Species: | U. ciceris-arietini |
| Binomial name | |
| Uromyces ciceris-arietini (Grognot) Jacz. & Boyd (1894)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coeomurus ciceris-arientini (Grognot) Kuntze [as 'Caeomurus'], Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(3): 449 (1898) | |
Uromyces ciceris-arietini was first found on chickpeas in Australia in 1983,[5] and then in the US in 1987.[6]
It also affects 29 species in the Medicago genus including; Medicago polyceratia and Medicago polymorpha plants in USA.[3]