Multiple choice

Which of the following pairs of ‘wheat disease: causing fungal species’ is not correctly matched?

  1. Aureobasidium decay: Microdochium bolleyi

  2. Crazy top: Sclerophthora macrospora

  3. Dwarf bunt: Tilletia controversa

  4. Stripe: Hymenula cerealis

  5. Ergot: Claviceps purpurea

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer. Stripe disease of wheat is caused by Cochliobolus sativus. Wheat’s false eyespot disease is caused by Hymenula cerealis.