Ustilaginoidea virens
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title:
Ustilaginoidea virens
text:
Ustilaginoidea virens, perfect sexual stage Villosiclava virens, is a plant pathogen which causes the disease "false smut" of rice which reduces both grain yield and grain quality. The disease occurs in more than 40 countries, especially in the rice producing countries of Asia. but also in the U.S. As the common name suggests, it is not a true smut (fungus), but an ascomycete. False smut does not replace all or part of the kernel with a mass of black spores, rather sori form erupting through the
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Species of fungus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustilaginoidea_virens
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2024-01-10T17:17:30Z
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