Association of fungi with roots of higher plants is known as:
1.Lichen
2.Mycorrhiza
3.Ascolichen
4.Basidiolichen
Bacterial leaf blight of rice caused by Xanthomonaso ryzae can be identified by:
1.Wilting of the plant
2.Yellowing of leaves
3. Ooze test
4.Defoliation
Black tip of mango is caused by:
1.Phythium
2.Phytosynthetas
3.Boron deficiency
4.Zinc deficiency
Blast of rice is caused:
1.Xanthomonas
2.Drechslera oryzae
3.Pyricularia
4.Cercospora
Brown spot of maize is caused by:
1.Sclerospora sorghi
2.Physoderus zeamaydis
3.Alternaria solani
4.Cercospora perfonats
Coffee rust is caused by:
1.Uromyces hobsoni
2.Hemileia vastatrix
3.Cronartium ribicola
4.Ravenelia-emblicae
First plant parasitic nematode discovered was:
1.Meloidogyne
2.Heterodera
3.Anguina
4.Globodera
Foot rot of papaya is caused by:
1.Phytophthora palmivora
2. Pythium aphanidermatum
3.Peronospora parasitica
4.Albugo candida
Fusarium belong to order:
1.Melaconiales
2.Moniliales
3.Sporobolomycetales
4.Cryptococcales
A bacterium is devoid of:
1.Chlorophyl
2.Well defined nucleus
3.Cell wall
4.Both (a) & (b)
A virus particle with both nucleic acid and protein coat is known as:
1.Virion
2.Viriod
3.Capsid
4.All above
Albugo is a:
1. Obligate parasite
2.Facultative parasite
3.Saprophyte
4.Predator
Alexander Fleming (1929) discovered:
1.Streptomycetease
2.Penicillin
3.Tyrocidine
4.Giseofulvin
Alternate host of black stem rust of wheat:
1.Mohania
2.Thalictrum
3.Barberry
4.All above
Bacterial cell surrounded by flagella is called:
1.Monotrichous
2.Lophotrichous
3.Amphitrichous
4.Peritrichous
Black heart of potato is caused due to deficiency of:
1.Boron
2.Zinc
3.Iron
4.Oxygen
Black stem rust of wheat caused by:
1.Puccinia graminis tritici
2.Puccinia recondita
3.Puccinia striformis
4.Ustilagotritici
Brassicol is _____ fungicide:
1.Murcurious
2.Sulphur
3.Copper
4.Miscellaneous
Carborundum powder is:
1.Silicon carbide
2.Aluminium oxide
3. Diatomaceous earth
4.Calcium carbonate
Cocci are:
1.Spiral shaped
2.Spherical shaped
3.Rod shaped
4.None of the above
Death of tissue in virus infected plant described as:
1.Mottling
2.Mosaic
3.Necrosis
4.Curling
Didelphic means nematodes with:
1.One ovary
2. Two ovaries
3.One testis
4.Two testis
Dithane M-45 is a:
1.Bactericide
2.Insecticide
3.Fungicide
4.Nematicide
Domestic quarantine exists on:
1.Rice blast
2.Red rot of sugarcano
3.Wart of potato
4.Run of wheat
Exclusion of plant disease by legislation is known as:
1.Disease resistance
2.Plant quarantine
3.Biological control of plant
4.Cultural control
First of all microscope discovered by:
1.Needham
2.Spallanzani
3.Leeuwenhoeck
4.Koch
First plant parasitic nematode was reported by:
1.Needham
2.Spallanzani
3.Cobb
4.Mayer
Flag smut of sweat could be controlled by:
1.Seed treatment with vitavax
2.Spraying with vitavax
3.Soil application with vitavax
4.Above all
Flag smut of wheat is caused by:
1.Ustilago tritici
2.Urceystis trlttct
3.Ustilago hordet
4.Taphrina deformans
How much quantity of nematicide is used to control the nematodes in one hectare are?
1.10 - 15 kg
2.20 - 25 kg
3. 50 - 60 kg
4.100 - 200 kg
Ryat is a:
1.Obligate parasite
2.Saprophyte parasite
3.Facultative parasite
4.Predator
Agallol is used for:
1.Seed treatment
2.Soil treatment
3.Crop spray
4.Aerial spray
Agar-agar is produced from:
1.Nostoc
2.Macrocrocystis
3.Gelidium
4.Oscillatortia
Anterior tinsel flagellum is characteristics of:
1.Chytridiomycetes
2.Hypochytridiomycetes
3.None of these
4. Both (a) & (b)
Bacilli are:
1.Spiral shaped
2.Spherical shaped
3.Rod shaped
4.None of the above
Bengal famine was caused due to:
1.Phytophthora infestans
2.Drechslera oryzae
3.Puccinia graminis tritici
4.Heterodera avenage
Bordeaux mixture was discovered by P.A. Millardet of France during the year 1882 following his chance observation of farmers practice for protection against:
1.Plasmopara viticola on grapevine
2.Uncinula nectar on grapevine
3.Podosphaera leucotricha on apple
4.Venturia inequalis on apple
Botulism is caused by species of:
1.Bacillus
2.Pseudomonas
3.Agrobacterium
4.Clostridium
By 1857, Barkley and Schacht discovered root knot nematodes and cyst nematode in:
1.Sweet sorghum
2.Sugarcane
3.Potato
4.Sugarbeet
Choose the odd one:
1.Lance nematode = Pratylenchulus
2.Lesion nematode = Pratylenchulus
3.Sting nematode = Belonolaimus
4.Awl nematode = Dolichodorous
Conidia and sporangia are the spores produced by:
1.Bacteria
2.Viruses
3.Fungi
4.Phanerogams
Crystalization of viruses has done by:
1.Mayer
2.Stanley
3.Iwanowski
4.Bejerinck
Cysts are formed by:
1.Meloidogyne
2.Aphelenchoides
3.Heterodera
4.None of the above
Disease symptoms known as phyllidy in sesamum are caused by:
1.Bacterium
2.Fungus
3.MLO
4.Virus
Downy mildew of maize is caused by:
1.Peronosclerspora sacchari
2.Peronospora triognella
3.Sclerospora graminicola
4.Sclerospora sacchari
Dry root rot of legumes and beans is caused by:
1.Erysiphe
2.Macrophomina
3.Xanthomonas
4.Phacidiopycnis
First plant parasitic bacteria was reported by:
1.T.J. Burrill
2. Needham
3.Louis Pasteur
4.Leeuwenhoek
Fungi which can grow only on living host plant are called:
1.Obligate saprophytes
2.Obligate parasites
3.Facultative parasites
4.Saprophytes
Fungi, which can grow on living host plant, are called:
1. Obligate saprophyte
2.Obligate parasite
3.Facultative parasite
4.Saprophytes
Gelatin plate technique was discovered by:
1.Burrill
2.Fanny Hesse
3.Robert Koch
4.Louis Pasteur
Genus Radopholus of nematode was first described in 1893 on the basis of a male specimen obtained from necrotic roots of _____ growing in Fiji Islands.
1.Sugarbeet
2.Sugarcane
3.Banana
4.Coconut
Heterocious nature of rust means:
1.A fungus require one host species to complete life cycle
2.A fungus require two different host species to complete life cycle
3.Both (a) & (b)
4.None of the above
Heterodera belongs to super family:
1.Atylenchoidea
2.Neotylenchoidea
3.Tylenchoidea
4.Heteroderoidea
In bacterial brown rot and wilt of potato the amount of _____ produced by pathogens are proportional to severity of symptoms:
1. Gibberellins
2.Lipids
3.Polysncchnride
4.Proteins
In fermentation industry, pasteurization is done at _____ temperature:
1. 90.77C
2.100.07C
3.62.87C
4.80.07C
Plant Pathology is ____ word.
1.English
2.Latin
3.Greek
4.Mandarin
Spermatheca is found in the nematode body of:
1.Male
2.Female
3.Both (a) & (b)
4.None of the above
Whittaker (1969) proposed a kingdom System of Classification of Micro-organism:
1.4
2.5
3.16
4.18
Wrong information about Powdery mildew is:
1.Subdivision = Ascomycotina
2.Order = Erysiphales
3.Family = Melanconiaceae
4.All of the above
_______ proposed a classification of fungi which is now widely accepted:
1.Walker (1957)
2.Stakman & Harrar (1957)
3.Whittaker (1969)
4.Ainsworth (1973)