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    Question

    The most destructive disease of sugarcane causing heavy

    loss to the sugar industries as well as the growers is caused by the fungus:
    A Collectotrichum falcatum Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Ustilago scitaminea Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Leptosparia salvinii Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ASugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a commercially important crop, vulnerable to fungal disease red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum Went. The pathogen attacks sucrose accumulating parenchyma cells of cane stalk leading to severe losses in cane yield and sugar recovery.

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