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Grape Rust, Physopella ampelopsidis, on Vitis rotundifolia in North Carolina. C. N. Clayton, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27607; W. H. Ridings, Graduate Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27607. Phytopathology 60:1022-1023. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-60-1022.

The grape rust fungus, Physopella ampelopsidis, found in 1967 for the first time in North Carolina, caused premature defoliation of many cultivars of Vitis rotundifolia. Inoculated cultivars varied in rust susceptibility.