Tilletia tritici
| 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 tritici is the causal agent of common bunt of wheat.
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
- ↑ Wiese, M.V. (1987). Compendium of wheat diseases. American Phytopathological Society. p. 124.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 14 May 2009.