Claim · model-written summary
The study demonstrates a North American rye bunt genetically distinct from wheat bunt pathogens.
- Taxon
- rye
Secale cerealee0 - Interactor
- bunt funguse0pathogen
- Outcome
- bunt fungus infecting rye that is genetically distincte0
- Setting
- North Americae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“first demonstration in North America of a bunt fungus infecting rye that is genetically distinct from the wheat bunt pathogens”
Title
Is rye bunt, Tilletia secalis, present in North America?
Lori Carris North American Fungi 2008. doi:10.2509/naf2008.003.0078
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation A Tilletia fungus infected a volunteer rye plant in Idaho.
- Intervention effect Greenhouse inoculation confirmed the rye infecting bunt can infect wheat.
- Observation Phylogenetic analysis distinguished the rye infecting bunt from wheat bunt pathogens.
- Observation The rye infecting bunt fits the species concept of T. secalis.