Multiple choice

Which of the following causes the black rust of wheat, a fungal disease?

  1. Puccinia graminis

  2. Melampsora lini

  3. Albugo candida

  4. Claviceps purpurea

  5. Colletotrichum
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Explanation

Puccinia graminis tritici belongs to basidiomycotina and causes black rust of wheat. It is internal obligate parasite. It is found everywhere, where wheat is grown. The teleutospore of the fungus causes the rust. They are produced inside teleutosori. These telia form elongated, dark brown to black pustules on the surface of stems and leaves of the wheat.

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