Multiple choice

Which of the following is the mismatched pair of crop diseases and its causative agent?

  1. Crown Rust of Oats: Puccinia coronate

  2. White mold of pepper: Botrytis cinerea

  3. Gray Leaf Spot in corn: Cercospora zeae-maydis

  4. Coffee leaf rust: Hemileia vastatrix

  5. Downy mildew of rice: Sclerophthora macrospora
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Gray mold of pepper is caused by Botrytis cinerea. White mold of pepper is caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

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