Match the following fungal diseases in plants with their respective causative microorganism.

Name of Disease Pathogen

(A) White rust in radish (i) Fusarium oxysporum

(B) Blast disease in paddy (ii) Albugo candida

(C) Wilt disease in cotton (iii) Cercospora personata

(D) Tikka disease in groundnut (iv) Pyricularia oryzae

(A) - (i), (B) - (iii), (C) - (ii), (D) - (iv)

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(A) - (ii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (iii)

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(A) - (iv), (B) - (i), (C) - (iii), (D) - (ii)

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(A) - (iii), (B) - (i), (C) - (iv), (D) - (ii)

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Solution

The correct option is B (A) - (ii), (B) - (iv), (C) - (i), (D) - (iii)
Fungi causes many diseases in plants. They are given in the table below.

Name of Disease Pathogen

(A) White rust in radish (ii) Albugo candida

(B) Blast disease in paddy (iv) Pyricularia oryzae

(C) Wilt disease in cotton (i) Fusarium oxysporum

(D) Tikka disease in groundnut (iii) Cercospora personata

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List-I	List-II
a. Angular leaf spot of cotton	$1$ . Phytophora infestans
b. Late blight of potato	$2$ . Colletotrichum falcatum
c. Red rot of sugarcane	$3$ . Cercospora personata
d. Tikka leaf spot of groundnut	$4$ . Xanthomonas malvacearum