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Title: NEW DISTRIBUTION AND HOST RECORDS FOR PUCCINIA ATROFUSCA AND OTHER NOTABLE PUCCINIA SPECIES FROM CENTRAL ASIA

Author
item CHLEBICKI, ANDRZEJ - KRAKOW, POLAND
item Aime, Mary

Submitted to: Polish Botanical Journal
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2006
Publication Date: 7/20/2006
Citation: Chlebicki, A., Aime, M.C. 2006. New distribution and host records for Puccinia Atrofusca and other notable Puccinia species (Uredinales) from Central Asia. Polish Botanical Journal. 51:87-91.

Interpretive Summary: Rust fungi cause diseases on a wide range of plants throughout the world. Accurate knowledge about the distribution of these fungi is important for preventing the spread of the diseases they cause. In addition such knowledge contributes to determining the center of origin of diseases that occur in the United States. In this research four species of rust fungi are reported that occur on plants in the Himalayan regions of Central Asia. Each species is described and illustrated. This research will be used by plant quarantine officials and plant pathologists to determine the worldwide distribution of these rust fungi.

Technical Abstract: Several species of Puccinia were recently collected in the Himalayan region of Central Asia from Kazakhstan and Tibet. Puccinia atrofusca is reported for the first time from India, in the Ladkh Mountains (West Tibet, Kashmir and Jammu provinces). The first record of a rust pathogenic on Polygonum songaricum is recorded for Puccinia nitidula in Kazakhstan. Puccinia saxifragae and P. allii are also newly reported from Kazakhstan. These species are described, illustrated and discussed.