Rust diseases

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024617",
  "term": "Rust diseases",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Rust Diseases",
  "definition": "1. (Diseases caused by) rust fungi (Basidiomycota, Uredinales) which are the largest group of fungal plant pathogens, containing > 7000 species that possess the most complex life cycles in the Kingdom Fungi.\n\n2. A disease caused by one of the rust fungi; highly specialized pathogens that are obligate parasites, which frequently require two different types of hosts to complete their life cycles (heterocyclic), and produce orange, yellow, or brown spores.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "USDA Agricultural Research Service at http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications",
    "USDA Forest Service Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of Arizona and New Mexico Forests Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rust-diseases/"
}