Life cycle of Puccinia for botany department students
5 Stages in Life cycle of Puccinia Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Pucciniomycetes Order: Pucciniales Family: Pucciniaceae Genus: Puccinia (according to the latest classification system) P. graminis is an obligate parasite, and heteroecious rust. P. graminis causes black rust of wheat Heteroecious fungus: Life cycle is completed on two different hosts. The wheat plant is called the primary host where dikaryophase is completed and the barberry plant is secondary or alternate host where haplophase is completed. Both hosts are required to complete the life cycle. Puccinia life cycle summarized in five stages Life cycle in Wheat • Wheat is the primary host upon which dikaryophase of the pathogen is completed • This phase consists of well developed branched, septate, dikaryotic vegetative mycelium and two spore stages namely, uridenial...