Multiple choice

Match the apple diseases in List - A with causing fungal pathogens in List - B and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

 
List - A
List - B
A. Cotton root rot 1. Gymnosporangium clavipes
B. Coral spot 2. Phymatotrichum omnivorum
C. Silver leaf 3. Chondrostereum purpureum
D. Quince rust 4. Gymnosporangium yamadae
5. Tubercularia vulgaris

  1. A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 5

  2. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 1

  3. A - 2, B - 5, C - 3, D - 1

  4. A - 4, B - 5, C - 1, D - 2

  5. A - 1, B - 2, C - 5, D - 4
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In apple, cotton root rot disease is caused by Phymatotrichum omnivorum, coral spot is caused by Tubercularia vulgaris, silver leaf disease is caused by Chondrostereum purpureum and quince rust disease is caused by Gymnosporangium clavipes. Hence, the sequence of codes A - 2, B - 5, C - 3, D - 1 is correct.

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