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Contributions of rust fungi and host plants from Thandiani region, Abbottabad, Pakistan

. Khursheed Ur Rahman, Muhammad Fiaz, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Jan Alam, Samia Abbasi & Mariyam Shahid


Abstract

During 2018, survey of rust fungi and their associated host plants was attempted in thandiani regions of Pakistan. In this paper descriptions and illustrations of six rust species viz. Melampsora euphorbiae, Phragmidium barclayi, Puccinia ambegua, P. calcitraipae, P. mentha and P. ustalis have been provided on the hosts such as Euphrbia helioscopia, Rubus lasiocarpus, Gallium aprine, Cirsium vulgare, Origanum vulgare and Ranunculus muricatus. The Melampsora euphorbiae, Puccinia ambegua and Puccinia ustalis collected as a new host record from Abbottabad. This research work is an addition to available data related to the Urediniales of Pakistan with special reference to the Thandhiani area, Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Key words: Thandiani regions, Pucciniales, Taxonomy, Urediniales.

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