Puccinia #fungi #puccinialifecycle #106

Puccinia graminis is a macrocyclic heteroecious rust. There are five types of spores, viz., uredospores, teleutospores, basidiospores, pycnidiospores and aeciospores in their life cycle. These spores develop in two different hosts in a definite sequence. The sequence of various stages occurring in the primary and alternate hosts are as follows. on primary host (Triticum aestivum) • Uredospore stage • Teleutospore stage • Basidiospore stage on alternate host (Berberis vulgaris) • Pycnidiospore stage • Aeciospore stage Timestamp 0:00 General Information of Puccinia 7:25 Content 7:54 Uredospore stage 11:20 Teleutospore stage 14:07 Basidiospore stage 16:40 Pycnidiospore stage 18:49 Aeciospore stage 20:38 Life cycle of Puccinia 23:21 Outro