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Agriculture · Q125

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 125

Q125

Potato Witches Broom is caused by

A.
MLOs
Answer
B.
Bacteria
C.
Fungus
D.
Virus

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Potato Witches Broom is caused by MLOs.
Potato witch broom is a plant disease that occurs as an abnormal brushlike cluster of dwarfed weak shoots arising at or near the same point.
Witches broom are caused by a phytoplasma transmitted by several species of leafhopper and within the potato plant seed pieces.
Leaves started rolling up and have yellow margins. Plants are dwarfed in the field.