Updated: 10/21/10. 1  Are the M&IE rates for the first and last days of my travel different from my non-travel days? 2  Is the rate affected by the time of day that I leave or return? 3  Does the Government Meal Rate (GMR) or Proportional Meal Rate (PMR) apply on the first and last days of my travel?
in stored grain products. Many of the fungi cause damage to the crops themselves with little or no toxic effects on humans and animals [15]. Common Smut or Bunt. Common smut is caused by two fungi; Tilletia tritici and Tilletia laevis. Because it requires cool moist soil conditions, the disease is less of a problem on spring planted wheat than winter wheat. Common smut reduces wheat yields and grain quality. Wheat contaminated with bunt spores has a pungent, fishy odor and a darkened appearance. Wheat that has an unmistakable odor of smut will be designated âlight smuttyâ on official inspection certificates. In
Common smut of corn, caused by Ustilago maydis, is easily identified by tumor-like galls that form on actively growing host tissues and contain masses of dark, sooty teliospores. Throughout most of the world, common smut is considered to be a troublesome disease of corn, but in central Mexico, galls on ears of corn are considered an edible delicacy known as cuitlacoche (Syn. huitlacoche).