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Agriculture · Q364

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 364

Q364

Which type of toxin known to the primary determinant of pathogenicity?

A.
Phytotoxin
B.
Vivotoxin
C.
Pathotoxin
Answer
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pathotoxin type of toxin is known to be the primary determinant of pathogenicity.
A chemical of biological origin, other than an enzyme, that plays an important causal role in a plant disease is termed a Pathotoxin.
Potent molecules produced by a large variety of bacterial pathogens that target host cells and play key roles in the host-pathogen dialog. They are major virulence factors often sufficient to determine the outcome of the infection.