The wheat leaf rust pathogen in Australia – pathogenic variation and pathotype designation

Issue 3 describes the system used in Australia for designating pathotypes of the leaf rust pathogen of wheat, Puccinia triticina (formerly P. recondita f. sp. tritici), and provides information on the pathotypes detected over the past 10 years.

ACRCP Contacts

Professor Robert Park
Director, Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture
Plant Breeding Institute | Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
The University of Sydney

Dr Will Cuddy
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle
and Plant Breeding Institute, the University of Sydney, Cobbitty