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Agriculture · Q225

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 225

Q225

Phytoplasmas are sensitive to

A.
Tetracycline
Answer
B.
Penicillin
C.
Both A and B
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Phytoplasmas are sensitive to Tetracycline.
Phytoplasmas are plant-pathogenic bacteria that infect many important crops and environmentally relevant plant species, causing serious economic and environmental losses worldwide.
These bacteria, lacking a cell wall, are sensitive to antibiotics such as tetracyclines that affect protein synthesis mechanisms.