Multiple choice

Which of the following pairs of ‘cotton diseases - causing fungi’ is not correct?

  1. Lint contamination - Aspergillus flavus

  2. Powdery mildew - Oidiopsis gossypii

  3. Stem canker - Ramularia gossypii

  4. Black root rot - Chalara elegans

  5. Anthracnose - Colletotrichum gossypii

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Stem canker of cotton is caused by Phoma exigua fungus. Ramularia gossypii causes aereolate mildew disease of cotton.