Genus Albugo (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Albuginaceae; fungi causing white rusts.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus Albugo includes about 50 species of parasitic fungi causing white rusts on a variety of plant families.
- The most notable of the plant pathogenic oomycetes in this genus is Albugo candida.
- It's generally acknowledged that genus Albugo can also affect weeds that could have important impacts on invasive species control.
- These characteristics identify it as part of the genus Albugo in which members all contain characteristics related to growth that takes place.
- Cyst-like oospores form and release through decayed cell wall fragments a species unique characteristic that leads one to correctly determine this pathogen's status within genus Albugo.