Kingdom Fungi Class Exobasidiomycetes Order Tilletiales Scientific name Tilletia laevis | Phylum Basidiomycota Subclass Exobasidiomycetidae Family Tilletiaceae Rank Species | |
Similar Tilletia caries, Tilletia, Ustilago tritici, Covered smut, Karnal bunt | ||
Tilletia laevis is a plant pathogen that causes bunt on wheat.
It was used as a biological weapon by Iraq against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
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