Pucciniastrum americanum

Pucciniastrum americanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Pucciniomycetes
Order:	Pucciniales
Family:	Pucciniastraceae
Genus:	Pucciniastrum
Species:	P. americanum
Binomial name
Pucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arthur, (1920)
Synonyms
Pucciniastrum arcticum var. americanumFarl., (1908)

Pucciniastrum americanum is a plant pathogen infecting caneberries. ^{[1] [2]}

The leaves develop yellow spots that later turn into orange to brown rust pustules, usually on the underside of the leaf, and these pustules contain the fungal spores. ^{[3] [ AI-retrieved source ]}

References

1. Marín Cortez, Fernando Abel; Chan-Cupul, Wilberth; Buenrostro Nava, Marco Tulio; Hernández-Ortega, Herminia Alejandra; Manzo-Sánchez, Gilberto; Galindo Velasco, Edelmira (2019). "Biological control of late leaf rust disease [Pucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arthur] in raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) using two biological products: Bacillus subtilis (Fungizard®) and Larrea tridentata botanic extract (Clean Crop®) under screenhouse conditions". Idesia (Arica). 37 (1): 125–133. doi: 10.4067/S0718-34292019005000504 .
2. Luffman, Margie; Buszard, Deborah (1988). "CONTROL OF LATE YELLOW RUST [Pucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arth.] OF RED RASPBERRY". Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 68 (4): 1185–1189. doi:10.4141/cjps88-147.
3. "Managing Pests in Gardens: Fruit: Diseases: Late leaf rust of raspberries—UC IPM". ipm.ucanr.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-27.