Infectious Plant Diseases Flashcards
1
Q
Disease Cycle stages
A
Inoculation, Incubation, Infection
2
Q
Best time to implement control measures
A
inoculation
3
Q
Environmental condition that disease favours
A
wet conditions
4
Q
How do fungi reproduce
A
spores
5
Q
How do fungi get into plants
A
stomata or wounds
6
Q
Sclerotinia
A
infects 408 plant species
white stem mold
impact varies by weather with worst at wet conditions
7
Q
Ergot
A
fungal pathogen that creates sclerotia as overwintering bodies
replaces seeds with black masses of spores
in high concentrations it becomes a neurotoxin or gangrenous
