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Agriculture · Q1033

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1033

Q1033

Which one of the following pairs of weeds and crops is not correctly matched

A.
Striga : Sorghum
B.
Cuscuta : Lucerne
C.
Typha : Sugarcane
Answer
D.
Orobanche : Tobacco

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Striga commonly known as witchweed is a genus of parasitic plants that occur naturally in parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Sorghum is the most common crop affected by striga.

Cuscuta compestris is a parasitic plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It is a pest of Lucerne.

Typha is an aquatic or semi aquatic rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial herb plant. It is not a weed, it is a useful plant and source of fibre for rayon and crude. Thus its combination with sugarcane is wrong.

Orobanche is a flowering parasite on tobacco roots and occurs in all the tobacco tracts in India.