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1
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Which fungicide has nematicide properties?

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Zineb shows nematocidal properties against Meloidogyne spp.

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Cauliflower Mosaic Virus has __________ virus

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Caulimoviridae are ds DNA viruses

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3
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Peach leaf curl is caused by

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Taphrina deformans

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4
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Green ear disease (downy mildew) of bajra is caused by

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Sclerospora graminicola

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5
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Sexual spores in oomycetes are known as oospores while motile asexual spores as

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Zoospores

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6
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Molya disease of wheat is caused by

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Heterodera avenae (cereal cyst caused by the nematode)

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7
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White rust fungus, Albugo candida belongs to

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Oomycetes

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8
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When plant showed the partial resistance against all the races of pathogen then it is a type of

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General (or horizontal) resistance`

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9
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What cannot be detected by ELISA technique?

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Unlike viruses, ELISA (enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay) technique cannot be used for detecting viroids since they lack a protein coat

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10
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The sexual, thick walled and resting spores of the rust fungi is known as

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Teliospores

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11
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Trade names of
Dazomet -
Phorate -
Aldicarb -
Carbofuran -

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Dazomet - Mylone
Phorate - Thimet
Aldicarb - Temik
Carbofuran - Furadon

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12
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Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by

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Ustilago scitaminea

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13
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The branch of zoology, which deals with the naming, and classification of animals is known as

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Taxonomy

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14
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Who is the father of mycology?

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Micheli

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15
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Who developed compound microscope?

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Robert Hook

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16
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Father of modern mycology and modern plant pathology

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Anton de Bary

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17
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Father of pure culture technique

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Brefeld

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18
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Discovery of bacterial etiology of Anthrax disease was by

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Robert Koch

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19
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First viral disease reported by _______ i.e tobacco mosaic virus

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Adolf Mayer

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20
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Solar heat treatment was given by

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Luthra and Sattar (1953) developed the solar heat treatment of wheat seed for the control of loose smut

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21
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Concept of vertical and horizontal resistance was given by

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J.E. Vanderplank

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22
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Gene for gene hypothesis of disease resistance and susceptibility was discovered by scientist

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H. H. Flor

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23
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Who discovered viroid?

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Diener isolated the viroid from spindle tuber diseased potatoes.

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24
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Who wrote the book “Fungi and Disease in Plants: An Introduction to the Diseases of Field and Plantation Crops”, especially those of India and the East.

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E. J. Butler.

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25
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Gram staining method of bacteria was given by

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Hans Christian Gram

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26
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Purification of tobacco mosaic virus is done by

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Stanley

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27
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A sum of total of variety of symptoms produced by disease.

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Disease syndromes

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28
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Blast disease of rice is ________ borne disease

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Air

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29
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Kresek stage related to ____________ disease

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Rice Leaf Blast: In seedlings, the leaves dry out and wilt, a syndrome known as kresek

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30
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Brown leaf spot is related to great Bengal famine occurred in the year

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1943

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31
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Vector for Tungro disease of rice

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Green Leaf Hopper
Nephotettix virescens

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32
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Bakanae disease of rice is also called

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‘foolish seedling’

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33
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Vector for grassy stunt virus

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Brown plant hoppers

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34
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Udbatta disease of rice is caused by

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Fungus is an Ascomycete, Balansia oryzae-sativa.

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35
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Yellow dwarf of rice is caused by

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Mycoplasma Like Organism

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36
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Puccinia recondita tritici causes ________ disease

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Brown leaf rust

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37
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Puccinia striformis cause _________ disease

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Stripe (yellow) rust in wheat

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38
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Black rust or stem rust of wheat is also called as

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Killer disease

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39
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Father of Host-Plant resistance is

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Painter

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40
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Germ plasm theory proposed by

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August Weismann

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41
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Term pheromone is coined by

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Karlson & Luscher

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42
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Potato tuber mother was introduced into India in 1937 from

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Italy

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43
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Cotton leaf curl disease is transmitted by

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Whitefly

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44
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Cotton leaf curl disease is transmitted by

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Whitefly

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45
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Cotton leaf curl disease is transmitted by

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Whitefly

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46
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Loose smut of wheat is ________ seed borne

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Internally

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47
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Coffee rust occurred in Sri Lanka in the year

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1867

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48
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Trade name of Carboxin

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Vitavax

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49
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Father of wheat rust in India

A

Mehta

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50
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White rust of cruciferous is caused by

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Albugo candida

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51
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Most common vector of plant virus

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Aphids

52
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Plantavax is used against

A

Wheat rust

53
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Rust fungi belong to the order

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Uredinales

54
Q

A: Fungus causing late blight of potato and white rust of crucifers belong to order Peronosporales
B: Smut fungi belong to order Ustilaginales

A

Both are correct

55
Q

BM was developed by Millardet in the year

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1885

56
Q

Wheat rust is a ______ecious rust.

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Heteroecious
Heteroecious rust is a parasitic fungus that requires two or more host species to complete its life cycle.

57
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Father of plant pathology in India

A

EJ Butler

58
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Phyllody is a serious problem of

A

Sesame
Caused by phytoplasma

59
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Carboxin is effective against

A

Smuts

60
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Sporadic disease example

A

Green ear of bajra

61
Q

Dithane M-45 is the trade name of

A

Mancozeb

62
Q

Most plant viruses are

A

ss-RNA

63
Q

Degree of infectivity of a given pathogen

A

Virulence

64
Q

Find odd one out
Zygospores
Chlamydospores
Conidiophores
Zoospores

A

Zygospores as it is a sexual spore

65
Q

Sexual spores of downy mildew fungus is

A

Oospores

66
Q

Mango malformation can be reduced by spraying of which hormone?

A

NAA

67
Q

Crystallization of virus was done by

A

Stanley

68
Q

Karnal bunt (cancer of wheat) gives a foul smell which is due to presence of

A

Trimethylamine by the fungus.

69
Q

Bordeaux mixture was discovered by Millardet in the year

A

1882

70
Q

Primary source of inoculum for stem rust of wheat in southern & central India

A

Uredospores from Nilgiri and Pulney hills

71
Q

What is a single cell fungi?

A

Yeast

72
Q

Vectors of
Papaya mosaic
Papaya leaf curl
Papaya ring spot
Quick decline of citrus

A

Papaya mosaic - aphid
Papaya leaf curl - whitefly
Papaya ring spot - aphid
Quick decline of citrus - aphid

73
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Vector for leaf curl disease of vegetable is

A

Whitefly

74
Q

Gram Positive Bacteria is

A

Clavibacter, Bacillus, and Clostridium

75
Q

Denitrification is a process of

A

Reduction

76
Q

Germ theory of diseases was given by

A

Louis Pasteur

77
Q

Arhar fusarium wilt is __________ borne

A

Soil borne

78
Q

Tikka disease of groundnut is caused by

A

Cercospora personatum and Cercospora arachidicola

79
Q

Cowpea mosaic is transmitted by

A

Aphids

80
Q

Avrodhi is a resistant variety of

A

Gram fusarium wilt

81
Q

Most destructive disease in sugarcane

A

Sugarcane red rot

82
Q

Katte disease of cardamom is caused by

A

Virus

83
Q

Causal organism of angular leaf spot of cotton

A

Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum

84
Q

Tundu disease is caused by

A

Bacteria + Nematode

85
Q

Bacterium Erwinia amylovora causes

A

Fire blight of apple or pear

86
Q

Citrus tristeza is transmitted by

A

Aphids

87
Q

Kresek is a symptom produced by

A

Bacteria

88
Q

Tomato black ring disease (virus) is transmitted by

A

Longidorus

89
Q

Genetic material of TMV

A

ss RNA

90
Q

Irish famine occurred in the year

A

1845 – 1852

91
Q

The green ear or downy mildew of pearl millet was first time reported in India by

A

Butler

92
Q

Aroma of freshly ploughed land at certain times of the year

A

Actinomycetes

93
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Anguina tritici was the first plant parasitic nematode to be described in the literature in 1743. It causes a disease in wheat and rye called.

A

Ear cockle or seed gall

94
Q

The fungi used as a bio-control agent of plant disease is

A

Trichoderma harzianum

95
Q

Alternate host of black stem rust of wheat

A

Barberry or Mahonia

96
Q

First discovered bacterial disease of plants

A

Fire blight

97
Q

DD-136 is disease complex of

A

bacterium-nematode complex
found in larvae of the codling moth

98
Q

Powdery mildew of wheat caused by

A

Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (syn. Erysiphe graminis

99
Q

Tea rust is caused by

A

Algae

100
Q

Ekalux is trade name of — insecticide

A

Quinalphos

101
Q

Which antibiotic acts upon both gram positive and gram negative bacteria?

A

Chloramphenicol, Neomycin, Bacteriocin
[Penicillin acts on Gram positive only]

102
Q

Virus associated with TMV was discovered by

A

Ivanoski

103
Q

Antibiotic bacteriocin obtained from

A

Bacillus subtilis and B. licheniformis

104
Q

Who discovered bacteria?

A

Leeuwenhoek

105
Q

Avermectin is derived from

A

Streptomyces avermitilis, an actinomycetes

106
Q

Concentrate black spot symptoms in mustard are due to

A

Alternaria blight

107
Q

Which fungal spores were used in 1st liquid mycoherbicide?

A

Devine is a liquid formulation consisting of chylamidospores of a pathotype Phytophthora palmivora. (first selective mycoherbicide)

108
Q

Radish mosaic virus (RMV) is transmitted by

A

Aphids

109
Q

Common cellulose decomposing fungus is

A

Chaetomium globosum

110
Q

A physical or chemical agent that frees a plant, organ or tissue from infection

A

Disinfectant

111
Q

Phosphate solubilizing fungus is

A

Penicillium

112
Q

Which fungus produces aflatoxin?

A

Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

113
Q

Agaricus sp. grows better on __________ culture media

A

Malt Yeast Extract (MYE) medium

114
Q

Grassy shoot disease of sugarcane is caused by

A

MLOs

115
Q

The fruiting body Colletotrichum capsici is

A

Acervulus

116
Q

Citrus canker is caused by

A

bacterium Xanthomonas citri

117
Q

Fungi that transmit plant virus are

A

Olpidium species
Polymyxa sp.
Spongospora sp.

118
Q

Bunchy top virus is transmitted by

A

banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa)

119
Q

A button like structure which penetrates the host and draws nutrients

A

Haustoria

120
Q

The causal organism of blast of rice

A

Magnaporthe oryzae

121
Q

The NEPO virus is transmitted by

A

Nematode Xiphinema species.

122
Q

Which enzymes released by pathogens are able to degrade pectin?

A

Pectin lyase
Polygalacturonase
Pectin methylesterase

123
Q

Cauliflower is a disease of

A

Strawberry

124
Q

The book entitled “Plant Diseases” is written by

A

R.S Singh

125
Q

Scab of irish potatoes, pox of sweet potatoes, and black root rot of tobacco are favoured by __________ pH conditions

A

Neutral to alkaline pH

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