Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of
A.
Xanthomonas
B.
Pseudomonas
C.
Alternaria
D.
Erwinia
Answer :
Xanthomonas
Solution :
Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of Xanthomonas. Mature rice plant are infected by these bacteria, lesion begins as water soaked stripes on the leaf blades and eventually would increase in length and width becoming yellow to grayish-white until the entire leaf dries up.
Releted MCQ Question on Botany >> Biological Classification
Releted Question 1
Pick up the wrong statement
A.
Protista have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
In the five-kingdom system of classification, which single kingdom out of the following can include blue green algae, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria?