Smut : Sexual Maize Disease

Smut maize disease is a fungal disease that attacks the tassel and cob where spores form in place of pollen and grains respectively. Maize propagate sexually with tassel as male and the cob ‘ear’ as female gametes implying smut infects maize’s sex organs; Just like chancroid an important sexual transmitted disease STD that causes ulcers on male and female sex organs.

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