Tapesia acuformis explained

Tapesia acuformis is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases.^{[1] [2]} The anamorph of T. acuformis was formerly known as the R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The W-type strain of P. herpotrichoides is now known as T. yallundae.

Management

Agropyron elongatums genetic resistance to this disease is useful to introgress into wheat.^[3]

See also

• List of rye diseases
• List of wheat diseases

Notes and References

1. Albertini . Catherine . Gredt . Michel . Leroux . Pierre . 1999-05-01 . Mutations of the β-Tubulin Gene Associated with Different Phenotypes of Benzimidazole Resistance in the Cereal Eyespot Fungi Tapesia yallundae and Tapesia acuformis . . en . 64 . 1 . 17–31 . 10.1006/pest.1999.2406 . 0048-3575.
2. Uslu . Emel . Miller . Terry E. . Rezanoor . Navideh H. . Nicholson . Paul . 1998-09-01 . Resistance of Dasypyrum villosum to the cereal eyespot pathogens, Tapesia yallundae and Tapesia acuformis . . en . 103 . 2 . 203 . 10.1023/A:1018340018838 . 37989082 . 1573-5060.
3. 1995 . . 1 . 33 . Robert . Timothy . Stephen . Allan . Murray . Jones . 429–443 . . 0066-4286 . Use of Alien Genes for the Development of Disease Resistance in Wheat . 10.1146/annurev.py.33.090195.002241. 18999968 .