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Plant diseases
Concepts tested here
- Fungal diseases of crops
All Questions
2009 AIPMT 1 question
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Which one is the wrong pairing for the disease and its causal organism?Late blight of potato is caused by $Phytophthora\ infestans$.
$Alternaria\ solani$ causes early blight of potato, so this pairing is wrong.
Root-knot disease of vegetables is caused by the nematode $Meloidogyne$ (correct).
Black rust of wheat is caused by $Puccinia\ graminis\ tritici$ (correct).
Loose smut of wheat is caused by $Ustilago\ nuda$ (correct).
Hence the wrong pairing is late blight of potato : $Alternaria\ solani$.