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The diseases produced by fungus Ustilago are known as smuts because
The diseases produced by fungus Ustilago are known as smuts because
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The correct option is D They produce sooty mass of spores.
- Smut is a kind of multicellular fungi. It has got its name from a German word for 'Dirt' because it has dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores.
- Ustilago is mainly a plant pathogen. It usually affects cereals and crop plants.
- It causes diseases in maize, wheat, barley, wheat, oats, sugarcane, etc.
- One common example from Ustilago genus is Ustilago maydis which causes smut on maize.
So, the correct answer is 'They produce sooty mass of spores.'
- Smut is a kind of multicellular fungi. It has got its name from a German word for 'Dirt' because it has dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores.
- Ustilago is mainly a plant pathogen. It usually affects cereals and crop plants.
- It causes diseases in maize, wheat, barley, wheat, oats, sugarcane, etc.
- One common example from Ustilago genus is Ustilago maydis which causes smut on maize.
So, the correct answer is 'They produce sooty mass of spores.'
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