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Questions Related to keeping diseases away

Which one of the following complexes is responsible for the cause of Tundu disease in wheat?

  1. Fungus-nematode

  2. Nematode-bacterium

  3. Fungus-bacterium

  4. Virus-fungus


Correct Option: A

The disease little leaf of fruit trees is caused by the deficiency of ______________.

  1. Copper

  2. Zinc

  3. Manganese

  4. Cobalt


Correct Option: A

Consider the following:
1. Bacillus subtilis                 2. Trichadiama viride
3. erysiphe graminis             4. Septoria glycines
Which of the above antagonistic orgaanisms is /are capable of suppressing plant disease?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 2, 3 and 4

  4. 1 only


Correct Option: A

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.

List-I(Disease) List-II(Pathogen)
a. Bacterial blight of paddy $1$. Pseudomonas
b. Brown rot of potato $2$. Corynebacterium
c. Tundu disease of wheat $3$. Erwinia
d. Fire blight of apples $4$. Xanthomonas
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

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

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

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


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is a disease caused by zinc deficiency?

  1. Die back of rice

  2. Khaira disease of rice

  3. Black heart of potato

  4. Brown spot of rice


Correct Option: A

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Disease Causal organism.
a. Kamal bunt of wheat - Fungus
b. Khaira disease of rice- Bacterium
c. Fiji disease of sugarcane- Virus
d. Purple top of potato-Mycoplasma
Select the correct answer from the codes given.

  1. $1, 2$ and $4$

  2. $2, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1, 3$ and $4$

  4. $1, 2$ and $3$


Correct Option: A

The toxic substance produced by the pathogen causing Brown leaf spot of rice, harming seedlings reducing respiration of the host is?

  1. Piricularian

  2. A-Picolinic acid

  3. Cochliobolin

  4. Ferulic acid


Correct Option: A

Consider the following diseases of plants.
a. Root knot of sugar-cane.
b. Root rot of wheat.
c. Wilt of cotton.
d. Angular leaf spot of cotton.
Which of these diseases is/are caused by fungi?

  1. $1$ and $4$ only

  2. $2$ only

  3. $2$ and $3$

  4. $1, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Flag smut of wheat - Ustilago nude tritici

  2. Karnal bunt of wheat- Tilletia barclayana

  3. Brown rust of wheat- Puccinia recondite

  4. Powdery mildew of wheat- Erysiphe graminis


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following diseases of rice is not caused by microbe?

  1. Tip burn of paddy

  2. Stem rot of paddy

  3. False smut of paddy

  4. Blast disease of rise


Correct Option: A