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Agriculture · Q642

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 642

Q642

What did J. H. Cragie study?

A.
Streak plate technique
B.
Soil solarization
C.
Sex in rust fungi
Answer
D.
Hyphal fusion

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
J. H. Cragie studied Sex in rust fungi.
John Hubert Craigie was a Canadian plant pathologist. He is known for his "research and development of rust-resistant cereals which have been of vital significance to Canada as a cereal producing nation.
In 1930, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba. In 1926, he published "Discovery of the Function of the Pycnia of the Rust Fungi.