Multiple choice

What is the Potato plight?

  1. a retro virus that causes acquired immunodificiency virus

  2. a contagious and fatal bacteria

  3. a fungus-like organism that destroys the plant

  4. very lethal virus that causes massive internal hemorrhaging
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Potato blight (specifically late blight) is caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, a fungus-like eukaryotic microorganism that infects and destroys potato plants. This disease was the primary cause of the devastating Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s.

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