Tapesia acuformis is the causal agent for a variety of cereal and forage grass diseases. The anamorph of T. acuformis was formerly known as the R-type strain of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides. The W-type strain of P. herpotrichoides is now known as T. yallundae.
Management Agropyron elongatums genetic resistance to this disease is useful to introgress into wheat.
See also List of rye diseases List of wheat diseases
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