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Agriculture · Q1000

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1000

Q1000

Stage-II of rust fungi is marked by

A.
Pycniospores
B.
Aeciospores
C.
Basidiospores
D.
Urediniospores
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Stage II of rust fungi are marked by Urediniospores.
Urediniospores are thin-walled spores produced by the uredium, a stage in the life cycle of rusts.
Urediniospores usually have two dikaryote nuclei within one cell. In mass, they are usually pale brown in contrast to teliospores which are generally dark brown.