Cronartium ribicola
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Cronartium ribicola is a species of rust fungus in the family Cronartiaceae that causes the disease white pine blister rust. Other names include: Rouille vésiculeuse du pin blanc, white pine Blasenros
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On Pinus strobus (aecial host)
Leaf spots on the underside of a leaf on a Ribes species (telial host)
Forest decimated by Cronartium ribicola
Ribes
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Ribes is a genus of approximately 200 known species of flowering plants, predominantly native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Ribes is the sole genus in the plant family Grossular
Cronartium ribicola
…reduces the likelihood of infection from the blister rust to a small extent. Another form of control practiced in some areas is to diligently remove Ribes plants from any area near white pines, including the blackcurrant. Because the infection moves from currant plants, to pines, and back again, it cannot…
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Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum)
Ribes speciosum (fuchsia-flowered gooseberry)