Multiple choice

Which among the following pathogenic fungi of plants can persist as a saprotrophic soil organism?

  1. Puccinia sessilis

  2. T. basicola

  3. Verticillium albo-atrum

  4. Magnaporthe grisea

  5. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

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C Correct answer
Explanation

It causes Verticillium Wilt or Maple Wilt. It attacks over 300 different cultivated plants and can persist as a saprotrophic soil organism for more than 15 years.