Wheat leaf rust
FUNGAL DISEASE, OF WHEAT, MOST PREVALENT
Puccinia triticina; Brown rust; Puccinia triticinia; Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici; Wheat brown rust; Puccinia recondita f. sp. tritici; Lr21; Leaf rust resistance; Leaf rust resistance gene
Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) is a fungal disease that affects wheat, barley, rye stems, leaves and grains. In temperate zones it is destructive on winter wheat because the pathogen overwinters.