Molecular Discrimination of Opposite Mating Type Haploids of Sporisorium scitamineum and Establishing Their Dimorphic Transitions During Interaction with Sugarcane

Sporisorium scitamineum , a biotrophic basidiomycete fungus, causes the ravaging sugarcane smut disease globally in almost all sugarcane growing countries. The fungus spans around three distinct developmental stages, viz., diploid teliospores, haploid sporidia and dikaryotic mycelia, during its life...

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