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Rust and smuts are ______ diseases.

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Rusts and smuts are fungi belonging to the orders Uredinales (rusts) and Ustilaginales (smuts) which are basidiomycete fungi. These fungi are obligate plant pathogens that only infect living plants. Hence, rust and smuts are fungal diseases.

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