ABSTRACT
Fungiformamajorgroupofpathogensthatcanbeseedborneortransmitted throughseeds.Fungiarenonvascular,heterotrophic,lackchlorophyllorother photosyntheticpigments,reproducebymeansofsexualand/orasexualspores, andhaveassimilativebodies,whichmaybeamoeboidorunicellularbuttypically aremadeupofmulticellularbranchingfilamentscalledhyphae.Hyphaegrow upto100J.!mwideandbranchtoformthevegetativebodyormycelium.Myceliummaybeaninterlacingtangleofhyphae,aloosewoolymass,oracompact body.Ingeneral,fungiliveondeadsaprobesorasparasitesonlivingorganisms. 1 FungibelongtotheKingdomMycetae.Theclassificationofplantpathogenic fungiafterAgrios2ispresentedinTable2-1.
