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stripe rust

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noun

Plant Pathology.

  1. a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum.

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An authority on plant pathology, he is credited with discovering the black chaff and yellow stripe rust which attacks Argentine wheat.

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