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Agriculture · Q742

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 742

Q742

The perfect stage of Blast of rice is

A.
Thanatephorus
B.
Talaromyces
C.
Magnaporthe
Answer
D.
Cocliobolus

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The perfect stage of Blast of rice is Magnaporthe.
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.