te·li·o·spore

(tē′lē-ə-spôr′)

A thick-walled, dikaryotic, often overwintering spore of most rust and smut fungi, which germinates to form a basidium.

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teliospore

(ˈtiːlɪəˌspɔː)

(Botany) any of the dark noninfective spores that are produced in each telium of the rust fungi and remain dormant during the winter. Also called: teleutospore

[C20: from telium + spore]

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te•li•o•spore

(ˈti li əˌspɔr, -ˌspoʊr, ˈtɛl i-)

n.

a thick spore that develops in the telium of a rust or smut fungus during the fall and germinates the following spring.

[1870–75; telio- (comb. form of telium) + -spore]

te`li•o•spor′ic, adj.

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teliospore - a chlamydospore that develops in the last stage of the life cycle of the rust fungus

chlamydospore - thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae

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Two members of the Ustilago maydis velvet family influence teliospore development and virulence on maize seedlings.

Development of Genomic SSR Markers and Analysis of Genetic Diversity of 40 Haploid Isolates of Ustilago maydis in China

scitamineum populations was shown to be extremely low among 142 single teliospore isolates collected from 15 countries based on the analysis of AFLP and RAPD markers [9].

Biogeographical variation and population genetic structure of Sporisorium scitamineum in Mainland China: insights from ISSR and SP-SRAP markers

Urediniospore and teliospore morphology were consistent with that described for Puccinia emaculata Schw.

First report of rust caused by Puccinia emaculata on cultivated switchgrass in Mississippi

violaceum teliospore stages after germination on media from yeast stages actually growing in nectar.

Nectar inhabiting yeasts in Virginian populations of Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae) and coflowering species

One to two (1-2) drops of the teliospore suspension was added to the petri dishes containing water agar medium These plates were incubated at 21 + 2 C0 for about 15 days for pure culture preparation of T.

COMPARATIVE VIRULENCE IN ISOLATES OF TILLETIA INDICA AND HOST RESISTANCE AGAINST KARNAL BUNT OF WHEAT

Germination with phragmobasidia; often two-celled parts of the basidia separate from the rest of the basidium, and plasma left in the teliospore germinates again; basidial cells develop basidiospores or hyphae.

Smut fungi (Ustilaginomycetes and Microbotryales, Basidiomycota) in Panama

Unfortunately, for some unknown reason floral inoculation of a subset of genotypes used in the transplantation experiment with teliospore suspensions from the diseased experimental populations, resulted in very few successful infections.

Anther-smut disease in Silene dioica: variation in susceptibility among genotypes and populations, and patterns of disease within populations

12: Urediniospores, showing striolated verrucose ornamentation and a teliospore showing verrucose ornamentation with long pedicel, of Uromyces vossiae as seen by scanning electron microscope

New Records of Uredinales (Basidiomycota) from Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Adjacent Northern Areas of Pakistan

Furthermore, the teliospore germination process and the curve of mycelial growth were observed in order to get a better determination on the key timing of sugarcane-smut interaction.

A TaqMan real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Sporisorium scitamineum in sugarcane

Teliospore balls from about 20 sori selected from at least five panicles were cultured individually on 20% (v/v) V8 juice agar amended with 500 mg [kg.sup.-1] each of chlortetracycline and nalidixic acid.

Smut resistance and grain yield of pearl millet hybrids near isogenic at the Tr locus

Briefly, the inoculum was made by well-mixing the thick-walled teliospore powder of S.

Development of Head Smut Resistance-linked Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions Markers in Sorghum