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NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyBiological ClassificationPractice

The smut disease in maize is caused by:

Options

  1. AClaviceps
  2. BAlternaria
  3. CPhytophthora
  4. DUstilago

Correct answer

D. Ustilago

Step-by-step solution

The smuts are grouped under Basidiomycetes fungi. The smuts get their name from a Germanic word for dirt because of their dark, thick-walled, and dust-like teliospores.

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