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Cronartium ribicola
(redirected from white pine blister rust)

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Cronartium ribicola [krə¦närd·ē·əm ‚rib·i′kō·lə]
(mycology)
A heteroecious rust fungus that causes white pine blister rust; it produces pycnia and aecia on pine stems, and uredinia and telia on currants and gooseberries.


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In some places, gooseberries are prohibited because they can carry the white pine blister rust fungus.
White pine blister rust is killing off whitebark pines throughout the Intermountain West; the majestic trees are further threatened by mountain pine beetles.
The original black currant farming ban occurred when the United States began importing European white pine seedlings, and white pine blister rust disease came with them.
 
 
 
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