wheat rust

American  

noun

Plant Pathology.

1. any of several diseases of wheat caused by rust fungi of the genus Puccinia.

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wheat rust British  

noun

1. a rust fungus, Puccinia graminis, that attacks cereals, esp wheat, and the barberry

2. the disease caused by this fungus

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Etymology

Origin of wheat rust

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

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wheat rust

They could be from naturally occurring phenomena like wheat rust and weather or from human activity such as sustained global conflicts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The most effective method of controlling wheat rust is by breeding resistant wheat cultivars, but new strains of the fungus pose a continuing threat.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2021

Poland cites a litany of diseases to which the grass is resistant, with names like a lineup of underground rock bands: barley yellow dwarf, mosaic virus, wheat rust.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2018

A number of parasitic fungi cause diseases such as corn smut and wheat rust that threaten food crops.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

In this sense, wheat rust is not a disease: it is a symptom which betrays the presence of a disease-inducing fungus, the Rust fungus.

From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward

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