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B.Sc. (Hons.) AGRICULTURE

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2015-16
PLANT PATHOGENS AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Time : 30 Minutes Max. Marks : 40

PART I
Note: Attempt ALL the questions and submit the same within stipulated time.

1. Short Answer type questions: 2 x 10 = 20

(a) Differentiate between rusts and smuts.

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(b) Describe penetration phenomenon in fungi.

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(c) Define plant disease forecasting.

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(d) Write the rules of nomenclature.

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(e) What are PGPR?

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(f) Define the Integrated Disease Management.

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(g) What are PR proteins?

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(h) Define collateral host.

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(i) Differentiate between necrosis and lesion.

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(j) What do you understand by 'Quarantine'?

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2. MCQs (Tick the correct answer): 1 x 20 = 20

(a) An entity that incites disease in plants is:
(i) Pest (ii) Parasite
(iii) Pathogen (iv) Parasitoid
(b) Term 'plant disease' was defined by:
(i) Julius Kuhn (ii) Koch
(iii) Ivonwhsky (iv) Robert Brown
(c) Wall less bacteria are often described as:
(i) Archaebacteria (ii) Eubacteria
(iii) Mollicutes (iv) Gracilicutes
(d) Small, low molecular weight ribonucleic acids that can infect plant cells, replicate themselves, and
cause disease is:
(i) Viroids (ii) Virion
(iii) RLO (iv) Virus
(e) In which year Irish famine occurred?
(i) 1880 (ii) 1845
(iii) 1945 (iv) 1940
(f) Ergot of wheat is caused by:
(i) Pythium (ii) Cleviceps
(iii) Alternaria (iv) Rhizoctonia
(g) Bordeaux mixture was discovered by:
(i) Millardet (ii) Miller
(iii) Koch (iv) Robert Petri
(h) A plant disease associated with wine industry is caused by:
(i) Uncinula nicator (ii) Plasmopara viticola
(iii) Podosphera indica (iv) Sphaerotheca fuliginea
(i) Aflatoxins are secreted by:
(i) Aspergillus flavus (ii) Aspergillus parasiticus
(iii) Trichoderma (iv) Both (i) and (ii)
(j) The pathogen is seen as white/ grey/ brownish or purplish growth on host surface:
(i) Mildew (ii) Blotch
(iii) Smut (iv) Wilt

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(k) A diseased plant may have:

(i) Decreased photosynthesis and respiration
(ii) Increased photosynthesis and respiration
(iii) Decreased respiration and increased photosynthesis
(iv) Decreased photosynthesis and increased respiration
(l) Rusts and smuts belong to:
(i) Basidiomycotina (ii) Mastigomycotina
(iii) Ascomycotina (iv) Uredinales
(m) Phytoalexines are produced by:
(i) Plants when attacked by the pathogen (ii) Microorganisms for defense purpose
(iii) Pathogen in host plant interaction (iv) Plants in normal condition
(n) Computer simulation program EPIDEM is designed for:
(i) Late blight of potato (ii) Early blight of potato
(iii) Downy mildew of grapes (iv) Aphids
(o) The fungicide thiram is:
(i) Copper fungicide (ii) Sulfur compound
(iii) Carbamate (iv) Aromatic hydrocarbon
(p) Metalaxyl is:
(i) Non systemic fungicide (ii) Systemic fungicide
(iii) Carbamate compound (iv) Fumigant
(q) Which of the following fungi forms oospores:
(i) Sphaerotheca (ii) Albugo
(iii) Fusarium (iv) Ustilago
(r) Genus of the fungus that forms unequal ascospores:
(i) Tapharina (ii) Albugo
(iii) Venturia (iv) Yeast
(s) Cucumber mosaic virus is:
(i) Single stranded DNA virus (ii) Single stranded RNA virus
(iii) Double stranded DNA virus (iv) Double stranded RNA virus
(t) Powdery mildew is caused by the fungus:
(i) Rhizoctonia (ii) Alternaria
(iii) Botrytis (iv) Erysiphe

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5. Give a detailed classification of pathogenic fungi. Describe with the help Roll No.
of flow chart and examples. 15

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6. How do the plant pathogens survive in the soil? Also write about their
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dispersal with the help of suitable examples. 15
PLANT PATHOGENS AND
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

Time : 3.00 Hours Max. Marks : 100

Note : (i) Part-I is in a different sheet. Answer all the questions in the sheet
itself and submit within stipulated time.
(Time: 30 Minutes Max. Marks: 40)
(ii) Part-II: Attempt any FOUR questions.
(Time: 2.30 hrs. Max. Marks: 60)

PART II
Time: 2.30 hrs. Max. Marks: 60

1. Enlist different types of symptoms produced by virus, bacteria and fungi

in host plants. Explain with the help of suitable examples. 15

2. Explain in detail structural and biochemical defense mechanisms in host

plants that take place prior to infection by pathogens. 15

3. What are the different cultural methods of disease management? Enlist

the advantages of IDM. 15

4. Describe in detail the application of biotechnology in plant disease

management. Also describe in brief the development of disease
resistance in transgenic plants. 15

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