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Agriculture · Q147

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 147

Q147

The stage-I of a rust pathogen consists of

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

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The stage-I of a rust pathogen consists of Aeciospores.
Rust fungi are obligate plant pathogens that only infect living plants. Infections begin when a spore lands on the plant surface, germinates and invades its host.
Aeciospores from Aecia. These serve mainly as non-repeating, dikaryotic, asexual spores, and go on to infect the primary host.