Which one of the following is the characteristic of stripe rust of wheat

A. Brown, elongated ruptured pustules on stem and leaf-sheath

B. Yellow, small, spherical to oval ruptured uredo-pustules in rows of leaf

C. White, spherical to oval, ruptured uredopustules on leaf

D. Black teliopustules, scattered on under surface of the leaf

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Stripe rust of wheat is one of the types of rust disease in wheat crops. It is also called wheat yellow rust. It can cause significant loss to crop yield and its quality. In this disease elongated lesions are present on the infected area which bears yellow-orange spores, that is why it is called yellow rust.