| Corn smut | |
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| Signs and symptoms of common smut (Ustilago maydis) on a sweetcorn plant. | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Subkingdom: | Dikarya |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Subphylum: | Ustilaginomycotina |
| Class: | Ustilaginomycetes |
| Subclass: | Ustilaginomycetidae |
| Order: | Urocystales |
| Family: | Urocystaceae |
| Genus: | Ustilago |
| Species: | Ustilago maydis |
| Synonyms | |
| Huitlacoche Smut |
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Corn smut is a plant disease caused by the pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis that causes smut on sweetcorn
Examples[]
Sweet corn cob
Sweet corn roots
Trivia[]
- In Mexican culinary uses, it is know as a delicacy named huitlacoche, used as a filling in quesadillas and other tortilla-based foods.
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| Corn troubles |
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| Adverse conditions | Drought · Iron deficiency · Magnesium deficiency · Nitrogen deficiency · Nitrogen toxicity · Phosphorous deficiency · Sun scald |
| Diseases | Aspergillus ear and kernel rot · Anthracnose · Bacterial soft rot · Crazy top of corn · Grey leaf spot of corn · Charcoal rot · Corn smut · Corn stunt disease · Fasciation · Fusarium ear and stalk rot · Maize dwarf mosaic virus · Northern corn leaf blight · Pink root of onion · Pythium · Stewart's wilt |
| Pests | Aphid · European corn borer · Cutworm · Leafminer · Root-knot nematode |