Pustula tragopogonis

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: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Oomycota
Order: Albuginales
Family: Albuginaceae
Genus: Pustula
Species:
P. tragopogonis
Binomial name
Pustula tragopogonis
(Pers.) Thines 2005

Albugo tragopogonis is the old name for Pustula tragopogonis, the causal agent of white blister disease on goatsbeard (Tragopogon spp.).

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