Gladiolus Rust

Scientific Name

Uromyces transversalis (Thüm.) G. Winter (1884) (Beilharz et al. 2001)

Common Name

Gladiolus rust (GR)

Native To

Date of U.S. Introduction

Means of Introduction

Has arrived on imported cut flowers (Schubert et al. 2006)

Impact

Rust fungus of gladiolus flowers that can result in total yield loss (Schubert et al. 2006)

Gladiolus rust symptoms

Credit

Cesar Calderon USDA, APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine

Source

Find more images

Pest Tracker - Survey Status of Gladiolus Rust
- USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.

The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source.

Partnership

Federal Government

Uromyces transversalis: A Qualitative, Organism-Based Pathway Risk Assessment [PDF, 284 KB]
- Oct 2005
- USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Gladiolus Rust
- USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

State and Local Government

Pest Alert - Gladiolus Rust Arrives in the U.S.: Florida and Caribbean [PDF, 340 KB]
- Aug 2006
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Division of Plant Industry.
- See also: Plant Industry Pest Alerts for more pests/diseases

Academic

EDIS - Rusts on Ornamentals in Florida
- University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.
- Electronic Data Information Source Publication #PP256

Citations

Beilharz, V., D.G. Parbery, and I.G. Pascoe. 2001. Gladiolus rust (caused by Uromyces transversalis) in eastern Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 30(3):267-270.
Schubert, T., R. Leahy, and A. Silagyi. 2006. Gladiolus rust (Uromyces transversalis) Arrives in the US: Florida and California [PDF, 340 KB]. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry Pest Alert.