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Tilletia
Sign in to saveTilletia is a genus of smut fungi in the Tilletiaceae family. Species in this genus are plant pathogens that affect various grasses. Tilletia indica, which causes Karnal bunt of wheat, and Tilletia horrida, responsible for rice kernel smut, are examples of species that affect economically important crops.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassExobasidiomycetes
- OrderTilletiales
- FamilyTilletiaceae
Tilletia es un género de hongos de la familia Tilletiaceae. Las especies en este género son patógenos vegetales afectando varias hierbas. Tilletia indica, causante de la caries o tizón del trigo, y Tilletia horrida, responsable del carbón oriental del arroz,[1] son ejemplos de especies que afectan económicamente cultivos importantes.[2] El género extendido contiene aproximadamente 175 especies.[3] El género fue nombrado después del agrónomo francés Mathieu Tillet (1714-1791).[3] Referencias ↑ https://plantix.net/es/library/plant-diseases/100290/kernel-smut-of-rice ↑ Carris LM, Castlebury LA (2006). «Nonsystemic bunt fungi – Tilletia indica and T. horrida: A review of history, systematics, and biology». Annual Review of Phytopathology 44: 113-33. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.44.070505.143402. ↑ a b Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edición). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 691. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 226
- With media
- 196
- Family
- Tilletiaceae
- Collections
- LSUM, ILLS, NEB, NY, MICH, WSP
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Romania, Turkey, Germany
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Tilletia is a genus of smut fungi in the Tilletiaceae family. Species in this genus are plant pathogens that affect various grasses. Tilletia indica, which causes Karnal bunt of wheat, and Tilletia horrida, responsible for rice kernel smut, are examples of species that affect economically important crops.
The widespread genus contains about 175 species. The genus was circumscribed by Edmond Tulasne and Charles Tulasne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser.3, vol.7 on page 112 in 1847.
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