Tilletia tritici

Tilletia tritici is the causal agent of common bunt of wheat.

Tilletia tritici
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Ustilaginomycetes
Order:
Tilletiales
Family:
Tilletiaceae
Genus:
Tilletia
Species:
T. tritici
Binomial name
Tilletia tritici
(Bjerk.) G. Winter (1875)
Synonyms

Lycoperdon tritici Bjerk. 1775
Tilletia caries (DC.) Tul. & C. Tul. 1847
Uredo caries DC. 1815

Morphology

Teliopsores are thick-walled, globiose, reticulate and 13–23 μm in diameter.[1]

Use as a biological weapon

It was used as a biological weapon by Iraq against Iran during the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.[2]

References
  1. Wiese, M.V. (1987). Compendium of wheat diseases. American Phytopathological Society. p. 124.
  2. Suffert, Frédéric; Latxague, Émilie; Sache, Ivan (11 March 2009). "Plant pathogens as agroterrorist weapons: assessment of the threat for European agriculture and forestry". Food Security. Springer Netherlands. 1 (2): 221–232. doi:10.1007/s12571-009-0014-2. S2CID 23830595.

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