First Report of Rust Caused by on Creeping Fig, , in South Africa.

has recently been reported as the causal organism of rust on edible fig, in South Africa (SA) (Boshoff et al. 2022). This contradicted reports by Doidge (1927, 1950) and Verwoerd (1929) who listed as the causal organism of the disease in SA.

Genome-Enabled Analysis of Population Dynamics and Virulence-Associated Loci in the Oat Crown Rust Fungus f. sp. .

f. sp. () is an important fungal pathogen causing crown rust that impacts oat production worldwide.

Wheat Stem Rust Surveillance Reveals Two New Races of f. sp. in South Africa During 2016 to 2020.

Stem rust, caused by f. sp. (), is an important disease of wheat in South Africa (SA) and is primarily controlled using resistant cultivars.

The life cycle of on and species in South Africa.

Rust fungi are important plant pathogens and have been extensively studied on crops and other host plants worldwide. This study describes the heterecious life cycle of a rust fungus on (finger grass) and the species (large yellow bitter apple), (bitter apple), and (eggplant) in South Africa. Following field observations, inoculation studies involving telial isolates collected from plants produced spermogonia and aecia on , and .