Kingdom Fungi Class Ustilaginomycetes Family Tilletiaceae | Division Basidiomycota Order Tilletiales Genus Tilletia | |
Tilletia tritici is the causal agent of common bunt of wheat.
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Morphology
Teliopsores are thick-walled, globiose, reticulate and 13-23 μm in diameter.
Use as a biological weapon
It was used as a biological weapon by Iraq against Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
References
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