Urocystis brassicae

Species of fungus

Urocystis brassicae

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Fungi
Division:  | Basidiomycota
Class:  | Ustilaginomycetes
Order:  | Urocystidales
Family:  | Urocystidiaceae
Genus:  | Urocystis
Species:  |

U. brassicae

Binomial name
Urocystis brassicae

Mundk., (1938)

Urocystis brassicae is a gall smut[1] and a plant pathogen that stunts the infected plants.[2] It is known to create root galls on Indian Mustard (Brassica campestris) and other Brassica species.

## Physical characteristics

[edit]

### Gall characteristics

[edit]

The wart-like galls of U. brassicae grow on the roots of plants.[3][4][5] When young, the galls are white in color.[2] As they age, they become a grayish-black colored gall with a 2–5 cm diameter.[2]

### Spore characteristics

[edit]

Urocystis brassicae has two types of spores.[4] One is fertile and the other is sterile.[4] Fertile spores are a deep brown color with dimensions of approximately 20 by 16 μm.[4] These fertile spores are surrounded by sterile spores that are elongated and a brighter brown than the fertile spores.[4] These sterile spores are approximately 9.9 by 6.1 μm.[4]

## Distribution of Urocystis brassicae

[edit]

Urocystis brassicae is commonly found in India (Bihar) [6] and China.[1]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Sheng-yi, Liu. "Advance in research and control of diseases in oilseed rape in China" (PDF). Oil Crops Research Institute, CAAS. 2.
2. ^ a b c RANGASWAMI, G.; MAHADEVAN, A. (1998-01-01). DISEASES OF CROP PLANTS IN INDIA. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 978-81-203-1247-0.
3. ^ Misra, J. K.; Tewari, Jalpa P.; Deshmukh, Sunil Kumar; Vágvölgyi, Csaba (2014-10-27). Fungi From Different Substrates. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4822-0960-0.
4. ^ a b c d e f Mundkur, Bhalchendra B. Host range and identity of the smut causing root galls in the genus Brassica. OCLC 78399137.
5. ^ Sharma, P. D. (2005). Fungi and Allied Organisms. Alpha Science Int'l Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84265-277-0.
6. ^ Saharan, G. S.; Mehta, Dr Naresh; Sangwan, M. S. (2005). Diseases of Oilseed Crops. Indus Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7387-176-4.

## External links

[edit]

* Index Fungorum
* USDA ARS Fungal Database

Taxon identifiers

Urocystis brassicae|

* Wikidata: Q7900818
* CoL: 7DTN9
* EPPO: UROCBR
* Fungorum: 258827
* GBIF: 5250230
* MycoBank: 258827
* NZOR: 80c3abae-685f-4862-82b1-b249e8bdfed4
* Open Tree of Life: 3839446

This Ustilaginomycotina-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

This plant disease article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template