Tilletia laevis
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| Species: | T. laevis
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| Tilletia laevis J.G. Kühn, (1873)
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Erysibe foetida | |
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. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
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