''Uromyces ciceris-arietini'' is a fungal species and plant pathogen infecting
chickpea
The chickpea or chick pea (''Cicer arietinum'') is an annual plant, annual legume of the family (biology), family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, cultivated for its edible seeds. Its different types are variously known as gram," Bengal gram, ga ...
(''Cicer arietinum'').
''Uromyces ciceris-arietini'' was first found on chickpeas in Australia in 1983, and then in the US in 1987.
It also affects 29 species in the ''
Medicago
''Medicago'' is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover, in the legume family (Fabaceae). It contains at least 87 species and is distributed mainly around the Mediterranean Basin, and extending across temperate Eurasia ...
'' genus including; ''
Medicago polyceratia'' and ''
Medicago polymorpha'' plants in USA.
References
Other sources
* Rubiales D, Moreno I, Moreno MT, Sillero JC (2001) Identification of Partial Resistance to chickpea rust (''Uromyces ciceris-arietini''). In: European Association for Grain Legume Research-AEP (eds), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Grain Legumes, Cracow, pp 194–195
External links
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Pulse crop diseases
ciceris-arietini
Fungi described in 1863
Fungus species
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