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Agriculture · Q274

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 274

Q274

The causal organism Erysiphe graminis sp. tritici produces

A.
Apothecia
B.
Cleistothecia
Answer
C.
Perithecia
D.
Telia

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The causal organism Erysiphe graminis sp. tritici produces Cleistothecia.
Erysiphe graminis f.sp. tritici is a plant pathogen that causes a fungal infection known as powdery mildew.
A cleistothecium (plural: cleistothecia) is a globose, completely closed fruit body with no special opening to the outside. The ascomatal wall is called peridium and typically consists of densely interwoven hyphae or pseudoparenchyma cells produced by fungus infection.