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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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