Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Strategies for enhancement in Food production

Question:

What is the causal organism of Turnip mosaic disease ?

Options:

Fungi

Nematodes

Viruses

Bacteria

Correct Answer:

Viruses

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) -Viruses

A wide range of fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens, affect the yield of cultivated crop species, especially in tropical climates. Crop losses can often be significant, up to 20-30 per cent, or sometimes even total. In this situation, breeding and development of cultivars resistant to disease enhances food production.

Some of the diseases caused by fungi are rusts, e.g., brown rust of wheat, red rot of sugarcane and late blight of potato; by bacteria – black rot of crucifers; and by viruses – tobacco mosaic, turnip mosaic, etc.