VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2002

  • question_answer
    Puccinia forms uredia and:

    A)  pycnia on barberry leaves

    B)  aecia on wheat leaves

    C)  telia on wheat leaves

    D)  aecia on barberry leaves

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Puccinia graminis tritici is a heteroceous fungi which causes stem rust of wheat. Its primary host (bearing uredial, telial and basidial stages) is wheat and alternate host (bearing pycnial and aecial stages) is barberry bushes.


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