Egyptian Uredinales. I. Rusts on wild plants from the Nile Delta

Abstract

Twenty-three rust species on moncotyledonous and dicotyledonous wild plants were recorded in the Nile Delta, Egypt, from the period of 1991-1994.One Melampsora species, eighteen Puccinia species, and four Uromyces species were identified.Eight Puccinia species are recorded as new to Egypt, viz.Puccinia striiformis on Lolium perenne, P. polypogonis on Polypogon monspeliensis, P. fragosoana and P. imperatae on Imperata cylindrica, P. cynodontis on Cynodon dactylon, P. cyperi-tegetiformis on Cyperus rotundus, P. isiacae on Phragmites australis and P. lagenophorae on Senecio glaucus and S. aegyptius