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Agriculture · Q999

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 999

Q999

Vertifolia effect is characterized by the loss of

A.
Horizontal resistance
Answer
B.
Vertical resistance
C.
Both A and B
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Vertifolia effect is characterized by the loss of Horizontal resistance.
The Vertifolia effect is a well-documented phenomenon in the fields of plant breeding and plant pathology.
It is characterized by the erosion of a crop's horizontal resistance to disease during a breeding cycle due to the presence of strong vertical resistance, characterized by the presence of R genes.