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Uromyces pisi-sativi
Pea Rust
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0411 2182 (2011-04-27)Copyright © 2011 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Apr 15, 2011
latitude 46.33889 longitude 13.53691
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Above the road to Plužna village, Bovec basin, East Julian Alps, Posoèje, Slovenia EC (Posoèje, Slovenia)notes Syn.: Uromyces pisi, Puccinia pisi - Slo.: grahova rja - Habitat: Relatively dry sandy grassland, grazed by sheep, shallow soil, almost flat terrain, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 540 m (1.800 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: Euphorbia cyparissias plant. - Comments: This rust fungus modifies its host plant Euphorbia cyparissias. Infected plants usually don't produce fertile flowers and are much more slender and taller than normal. But they form a kind of pseudo-flowers, a rosette of leaves at the top of stalks, resembling true flowers. Fungus produces nectar similar to nectar of healthy plants. It attracts ants and other insects, both on healthy and infected plants. For over 100 years this host-pathogen pair has been subject to much speculation concerning the function of nectar-producing spermatia. Today, it is generally assumed that they are produced to attract insects for fungal fertilization (more in Ref.: 4.). - Habitat of infected Euphorbia cyparissias. - Urediniospores finely warty, dimensions: 24.0 (SD = 1.2) x 21.5 (SD = 0.7) micr., Q = 1.12 (SD = 0.07), n = 25. - Ref.: (1) http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/diseases/Fabacee/Fabacee_Uromyces_pisi/. (2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10636829. (3) http://www.uni-graz.at/walter.obermayer/plants-of-styria/images/euphorbia-cyparissias.html. (4) http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/87/1/48#F1 (5) http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:23187/eth-23187-01.pdfcamera Canon G11, 6.1-30mm/f2.8-4.5
contributor's ID # Bot_509/2011_DSC7362 photo category: Fungi - fungi
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