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Agriculture · Q667

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 667

Q667

The Colletotrichum jalcatum produces

A.
Zygospores
B.
Oospores
C.
Ascospores
D.
Conidiospores
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The Colletotrichum jalcatum produces Conidiospores.
Colletotrichum falcatum, a concealed fungal ascomycete causes red rot, which is a serious disease in sugarcane. It infects economically important stalk tissues, considered a storehouse of sugar in sugarcane.
The Colletotrichum falcatum belongs to the class Ascomycetes and it produces conidiospores. It causes the prevalent red-rot disease of sugarcane by growing on the stems and leaves of sugarcane plants in every sugarcane-producing zone.