Daily One Liner Questions-71

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 Plant protection

Written by:-Saurabh Verma

	Questions	Answer
1	The majority of phytopathogenic fungi belong to  ?	Ascomytes & Basidiomycetes
2	Causal agent of blast of rice and gray leaf spot in turfgrasses ?	Magnaporthe grisea
3	Causal agent of soybean rust ?(www.agriexam.com)	Phakospora pachyrhizi
4	Most bacteria that are associated with plants are actually ?	Saprotrophic
5	Most plant pathogenic bacteria are ?	Rodshaped (bacilli)
6	Plant viruses must be transmitted from plant to plant by a ?	Vector
7	Bacteria leaf blight of rice caused by  ?	Xanthomonas oryzae
8	The disease caused by Leptosphaeria sacchari in sugarcane is ?	Ring spot
9	Loose smut of wheat is ?	Internally seed borne
10	The Karnal bunt of wheat is caused by  ?	Neovossia indica
11	Sugarcane rust is caused by ?	Puccinia eriathi
12	Leaf blight of wheat is caused by ?	Alternaria trictinia
13	Stem rot of rice is caused by ?	Sclerotium oryzae
14	Tungro disease of rice is spread by ?	Nephotettix virescens
15	Ufra disease of rice is caused by ?	Ditylenchus
16	Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by  ?	Ustilago sciteminae
17	Red rot of sugarcane is caused by  ?	Collectorichum falcatum
18	Sugarcane mosaic disease is transmitted by ?	Rhopalosiphum maidis
19	Disease also known as "Killer Disease of Wheat" is  ?	Black/ Stem rust
20	Akiochi disease is due to  ?(www.agriexam.com)	Sulphur toxicity
21	White rust of crucifers is caused by  ?	Albugo candida
22	Crop showing maximum resistance to nematode is ?	Marigold
23	Iris famine in 1845 ,was caused due to ?	Phytophothora infestance

	Questions	Answers
24	Father of Indian Pathology is ?	E.J.Butler
25	Bengal femine 1943 / brown spot of rice is caused by ?	Helminthosporium oryzae
26	Life cycle of wheat rust is given by ?	K. C. Mehta
27	The pathogen associated with the discovery of Bordeaux mixture is ?	Plasmosphora viticola
28	First bacterial disease known as fire blight of pear was reported for first time from USA by ?	T. J . Burill
29	Udabatta disease of rice is due to ?	Ephelis oryzae
30	Ring rust of Aonla is caused by ?	Ravenellia emblica var. fructoidae
31	Frog eye leaf spot of tobacco is caused by ?	Cercospora nicotianae (Fungus)
32	Leaf blight of cotton is caused by  ?	Alternaria macrospora
33	Father of Microbiology is?	Louis Pasteur
34	Bacterium was discovered by ?(www.agriexam.com)	Anton Leewenhock
35	Father of Modern Plant Pathology is ?	Anton de Berry
36	Bordeaux mixture was developed by  ?	P.M.A.Millardet
37	Central Plant Protection Training Institute is situated at ?	Hyderabad (A.P.)
38	Integrated pest control ( IPM) term was coined by ?	Bartlett (1956)
39	The term "Pest Management" was given by  ?	Geier (1970)
40	Father of Insect Physiology is  ?	Wiggelworth
41	DDT was discovered by ?	Paul Hermann Muller
42	First insecticide discovered was ?	DDT
43	Plant Protection and Quarantine Act was passed in the year ?	1912
44	Insecticide Act was passed in ?(www.agriexam.com)	1968