Tilletia tritici
Tilletia tritici is the causal agent of common bunt of wheat.
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| Tilletia tritici (Bjerk.) G. Winter (1875) | |
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Lycoperdon tritici Bjerk. 1775 | |
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]
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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.
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