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Agriculture · Q652

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 652

Q652

An organism which causes a disease in plant is called as

A.
Parasite
B.
Host
C.
Vector
D.
Pathogen
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
An organism that causes a disease in a plant is called as Pathogen.
A pathogen in the oldest and broadest sense is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ.
Typically, the term pathogen is used to describe an infectious microorganism or agent, such as a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus.