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Which fungal disease spreads by seeds and flowers?
Which fungal disease spreads by seeds and flowers?
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The correct option is A Loose smut of wheat
"Loose smut of wheat" is a seed-borne disease, which effects the crop during the flowering season. Though the infected plants show a stunted growth, the infected plants can easily be recognized, as the floral parts of these plants are replaced by masses of dark-brown to olive-black spores. Within a few days, the spores are blown away by the wind or washed off by rain. Spores released from infected plants are blown into the open flowers of uninfected plants and germinate and produce mycelia, that invade the ovaries of the flowers. Thus, the correct answer is option A.
"Loose smut of wheat" is a seed-borne disease, which effects the crop during the flowering season. Though the infected plants show a stunted growth, the infected plants can easily be recognized, as the floral parts of these plants are replaced by masses of dark-brown to olive-black spores. Within a few days, the spores are blown away by the wind or washed off by rain. Spores released from infected plants are blown into the open flowers of uninfected plants and germinate and produce mycelia, that invade the ovaries of the flowers.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
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