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Agriculture · Q355

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 355

Q355

Cross protection is done in citrus against which disease?

A.
Tristeza
Answer
B.
Xyloporosis
C.
Exocortis
D.
Psorosis

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Cross protection is done in citrus against Tristeza disease.
Cross protection is a type of induced resistance developing in plants against viruses.
Tristeza is one of the very few virus-induced diseases where mild strain cross-protection has been used successfully in commercial production of various tree crops and is currently the only way a citrus industry faced with severe and destructive stem pitting CTV (Citrus Tristeza Virus) can survive.