Which of the following fungi is a parasite on mustard plant and causes the disease white rust of crucifers?

Albugo candida

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Puccinia graminis tritici

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Ustilago hordei

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Solution

The correct option is A Albugo candida
Albugo candida is regularly known as white rust is a type of oomycete in the family Albuginaceae.A. candida is a commit plant pathogen that taints Brassicaceae species and causes the sickness known as white rust or white rankle rust. It has a moderately littler genome than different oomycetes.
So, the correct option is 'Albugo candida'.

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