Plant pathogens that produce chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease, and apple scab belong to which fungal group?

a. Ascomycota
b. Microsporidia
c. Zygomycetes
d. Basidiomycetes
e. Chytrids


Ans: a. Ascomycota

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