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Agriculture · Q44

Horticulture

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 44

Q44

Most serious disease of vegetable seedling is

A.
Root rot
B.
Damping off
Answer
C.
Bacterial wilt
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The most serious disease of the vegetable seedling is Damping off.
It is a soil-borne fungal disease caused by Rhizoctonia, Fusarium or phytophthora, etc. It negatively affects the vegetables and flowers in your garden, primarily targeting seeds and new seedlings.
Damping-off refers to the rotting of stem and root tissues at and below the soil line. In most cases, infected plants will germinate and come up fine, but within a few days, they become water-soaked, mushy, collapse at the base and die.