Question

Puccinia graminis tritici is :

• A. Heteroecious
• B. Heterothallic
• C. Heteroecious and heterothallic
• D. Heterokaryotic

Answer 1

The correct option is A Heteroecious

Puccinia graminis tritici is Heteroecious. The fam Heteroecious

means it requires two has to for the parasite to complex its lifestyles.

Puecinia garminis is the stem rust of wheat and Kentucky blue grass

or black rust of cereals. Primary hosts include Kentucky blue grass,

wheat eto and Barbary as secondary host. Puccinia graminis

fungus causes significant diseases on cereal/ crops. This belong to

the kingdom Fungi and phylum Basidiomycetes.