Question

Which group of plant pathogens, being obligate parasites that can only survive and multiply on living host tissue, generally cannot be cultured on artificial nutrient media in the laboratory, unlike most fungi and bacteria?

A Saprophytic fungi
B Soil-borne bacteria
C Rust and downy mildew fungi
D Free-living nematodes
E Most seed-borne fungi
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