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Agriculture · Q333

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 333

Q333

Rice blast pathogen perfect stage is

A.
Pyricularia oryzae
B.
Magnaporthe grisea
Answer
C.
Helminthosporium
D.
Rhizoctonia

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The rice blast pathogen's perfect stage is Magnaporthe grisea.
The fungus that causes rice blasts is called Magnaporthe oryzae (formerly Magnaporthe grisea).
It is an ascomycete because it produces sexual spores (ascospores) in structures called asci, and is classified in the newly erected family Magnaporthaceae.