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All four phylums of Kingdom fungi, i.e., Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes are responsible for causing diseases in plants.
DISEASE | CAUSATIVE AGENT | PHYLUM |
Early blight of potato | Alternaria solani | Deuteromycetes |
Late blight of potato | Phytophthora infestans | Phycomycetes (Oomycetes)
(Great Irish famine) |
Black wart of potato | Synchytrium endobioticum | |
Black or stem rust of wheat | Puccinia graminis tritici | Basidiomycetes |
Yellow or strip rust of wheat | Puccinia striiformis | Basidiomycetes |
Brown, orange or leaf rust of wheat | Puccinia recondita | Basidiomycetes |
White rust of crucifers | Albugo candida | Phycomycetes |
Blast disease of rice | Phyricularia oryzae | Ascomycetes |
Powdery mildew | Erysiphe sps. | Ascomycetes |
Downy mildew of cereals | Sclerospora graminicola | Phycomycetes |
Wilt of gram | Fusarium orthacereas | Ascomycetes |
Wilt disease in tomato, cotton and banana | Fusarium oxysporum | Ascomycetes |
Ergot disease of rye | Claviceps purpurea | Ascomycetes |
Red rot of sugarcane | Collectotrichum falcatum | Ascomycetes |
Cotton rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | |
Maize smut | Ustilago maydis | Basidiomycetes |
Loose smut of wheat | Ustilago tritici | Basidiomycetes |
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