Tilletia laevis

Tilletia laevis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Exobasidiomycetes
Order:	Tilletiales
Family:	Tilletiaceae
Genus:	Tilletia
Species:	T. laevis
Binomial name
	Tilletia laevis; J.G. Kühn, (1873)
Synonyms
	Erysibe foetida ; Tilletia foetens ; Tilletia foetida ; Tilletia tritici var. laevis ; Ustilago foetens

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.^[1]

References

^ Suffert, Frédéric; Latxague, Émilie; Sache, Ivan (11 March 2009). "Plant pathogens as agroterrorist weapons: assessment of the threat for European agriculture and forestry". Food Security. 1 (2). Springer Netherlands: 221–232. doi:10.1007/s12571-009-0014-2. S2CID 23830595.

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