Practice mode Plant Pathology

Blast disease of rice is caused by which fungus?

Correct answer A. Magnaporthe oryzae (Pyricularia oryzae)

Explanation

Rice blast is caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, whose asexual stage is Pyricularia oryzae. It forms spindle-shaped leaf lesions and can rot the neck of the panicle.

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