General Agriculture
#The majority of phytopathogenic fungi belong to ? – Ascomytes & Basidiomycetes
# Causal agent of blast of rice and gray leaf spot in turfgrasses ? – Magnaporthe grisea
# Causal agent of soybean rust ?- Phakospora pachyrhizi
# Most bacteria that are associated with plants are actually ? – Saprotrophic
# Most plant pathogenic bacteria are ? – Rodshaped (bacilli)
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# Plant viruses must be transmitted from plant to plant by a ? – Vector
# Bacteria leaf blight of rice caused by ? – Xanthomonas oryzae
# The disease caused by Leptosphaeria sacchari in sugarcane is ? – Ring spot
# Loose smut of wheat is ? – Internally seed borne
# The Karnal bunt of wheat is caused by ? – Neovossia indica
# Sugarcane rust is caused by ? – Puccinia eriathi
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# Leaf blight of wheat is caused by ? – Alternaria trictinia
# Stem rot of rice is caused by ? – Sclerotium oryzae
# Tungro disease of rice is spread by ? – Nephotettix virescens
# Ufra disease of rice is caused by ? – Ditylenchus
# Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by ? – Ustilago sciteminae
# Red rot of sugarcane is caused by ? – Collectorichum falcatum
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# Sugarcane mosaic disease is transmitted by ? – Rhopalosiphum maidis
# Disease also known as “Killer Disease of Wheat” is ? – Black/ Stem rust
# Akiochi disease is due to ? – Sulphur toxicity
# White rust of crucifers is caused by ? – Albugo candida
# Crop showing maximum resistance to nematode is ? – Marigold
? Iris famine in 1845 ,was caused due to ? – Phytophothora infestance
? Father of Indian Pathology is ? – E.J.Butler
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Some Instruments and their Uses
#Altimeter-height/altitude
#Monometer-root pressure
#Barograph-pressure
#Aneroid barometer-atmospheric pressure
#Anemometer-wind speed
#Wind vane-wind direction
#Potometer-transpiration
#Porometer-stomatal behaviour
#Pycnometer-sp.gravity of soil
#Lysimeter-evapotranspiration & leaching
#Pyranometer-radiation
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#Peizometer-depth of water table
#Raingauage- rain
#Darosometer-dew
#Tensiometre-soil moisture
#Therometer/thermograph-temperature
#Auxanometer/crescograph-growth of plant
#Lactometer-sp.gravity of milk
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