Communicable diseases- Plants

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Ring rot is caused by
Bacteria
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causes mottling and discolouration of leaves
Tobacco mosaic virus
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Black sigatoka is caused by
fungus
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Causes leaf spots on bananas
black sigatoka
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affects both leaves and potato tubers
Blight
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What causes blight?
Fungus
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micro organism that causes disease
pathogen
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passing a pathogen from host to host with no intermediacy
direct
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passing a pathogen from host to host via a vector
indirect
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organism that carries a pathogen from one host to another
vector
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Pathogen that causes malaria
Plasmodium
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Vector for malaria
Anopheles
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a large polysaccharide deposit that blocks old phloem sieve tubes
callose
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balloon-like swelling that blocks flow of water in xylem vessel
tylose
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Ring of decay in vascular tissue of a potato tuber
Ring rot
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What type of transmission is ring rot?
Indirect
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What type of transmission is TMV?
Direct
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For black sigatoka, what are the spores dispersed by?
rain
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causes mottling and discolouration of leaves

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Tobacco mosaic virus

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Black sigatoka is caused by

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Causes leaf spots on bananas

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affects both leaves and potato tubers

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