Question

Describe briefly the life cycle of Puccinia. 5 mark​

Answer 1

Answer:

Puccini'a;

There are five stages present in the life cycle of puccinia which are uridinial stage, talial stage, basidial stage, pycenial stage and asial stage. ... Puccinia graminis mostly effects the wheat stem causing the black stem rust. The first sign appears early in march in the form of elongated radish brown granular sori

Explanation:

Stage Cycle:

Dikaryophase

Dikaryophase in the Life Cycle of Puccinia:

This phase in the life cycle of Puccinia is confined to the primary host which is wheat. It consists of dikaryotic mycelium and two spore stages, uredineal and telial.

Multicellular Form;

Puccina is a genuine containing about 4000, distinguishable by their appearance, they are plant pathogens which are commonly known as rusts. The Puccina is a multicellular fungus. They belong to the class "pucciniomycetes".