Uromyces ciceris-arietini

Uromyces ciceris-arietini is a fungal species and plant pathogen infecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum).

Uromyces ciceris-arietini was first found on chickpeas in Australia in 1983, and then in the US in 1987.

It also affects 29 species in the Medicago genus including; Medicago polyceratia and Medicago polymorpha plants in USA.

Other sources

 * Rubiales D, Moreno I, Moreno MT, Sillero JC (2001) Identification of Partial Resistance to chickpea rust (Uromyces ciceris-arietini). In: European Association for Grain Legume Research-AEP (eds), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Grain Legumes, Cracow, pp 194–195