What destroy billions of dollars of food crops worldwide annually

Fungal Parasites, specifically basidiomycetes causes various infectious diseases that destroys billions of dollars of food crops annually with worldwide impact. The 1972 U. S. corn crop was almost completely destroyed by a fungus and during the late 1990s most wheat fields in Arizona had to be devastated due to the existence of fungal parasites. This clearly suggest that the presence of fungal parasites resulted in loss or reduction of food crops.

Furthermore, basidiomycetes are called club fungi, which is part of a major group of fungi that produce a basidium structure that includes mushrooms and toadstools. Although, they have economic use in pharmaceutical industry such as producing penicillin and provide us food like cheese, mushroom, in baking and in brewing, there negative impact must also be consider and should be handle appropriately to eradicate crop destruction.