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Agriculture · Q468

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 468

Q468

Tent toxin is produced by which of the following fungus?

A.
Synchytrium endobioticum
B.
Alternaria alternata
Answer
C.
Talaromyces sps
D.
Pseudomonas syringe

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Tent toxin is produced by Alternaria alternata among the following fungus.
Alternaria alternata is a fungus that has been recorded to cause leaf spots and other diseases on over 380 host species of plant.
This host-specific mycotoxin is called fumonisin B1. It was identified and confirmed by research conducted on fast atom bombardment and ion spray mass spectrometry.