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Definition of Rusts
1. rust [v] - See also: rust
Medical Definition of Rusts
1. Species of Puccinia and other microbes comprising important pathogens of plants, especially cereal grains; they are important allergens for humans when inhaled in large numbers, as in harvesting processes. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rusts
Literary usage of Rusts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"RECENT CULTURES OF FOREST TREE rusts JAMES R. WEIR AND ERNEST E. HUBERT The
determination of various species of rusts found on forest trees oí the general ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"For a long time these cluster-cups were supposed to have no connection with the
rusts, and they accordingly were described under the generic names ..."
3. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"By keeping rhododendrons and blueberry bushes away from hemlock trees, these
blister-rusts can be prevented. The heaviest infection of the hemlock occurs ..."
4. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"By keeping rhododendrons and blueberry bushes away from hemlock trees, these
blister-rusts can be prevented. The heaviest infection of the hemlock occurs ..."
5. Sexual Reproduction and the Organization of the Nucleus in Certain Mildews by Robert Almer Harper (1905)
"It is plain that no such simple conditions exist as Maire imagines when he contends
for the universal occurrence of 2 chromosomes in the rusts, ..."
6. Diseases of Economic Plants by Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall (1921)
"CEREAL rusts IN GENERAL 328 The rusts constitute a complex, intricate, difficult,
... The rusts in their most complete form exhibit three distinct ..."
7. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany: For High Schools and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1890)
"The most generally known of these lower Basidiomycetes are the so-called rusts.
The larger Basidiomycetes are for the most part saprophytes, ..."
8. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1890)
"The most generally known of these lower Basidiomycetes are the so-called rusts.
The larger Basidiomycetes are for the most part saprophytes, ..."
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