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Agriculture · Q442

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 442

Q442

Which of the following pathogens has lemon shaped conidia?

A.
Phytophthora
B.
Peronospora
C.
Pythium
Answer
D.
Spongospora

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pythium is the pathogen among the following options that have lemon-shaped conidia.
Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycetes. They were formerly classified as fungi.
The conidia are thick-walled, round to lemon-shaped, and rough to spiny with hyaline or brown cell walls.