Agriculture officer free quiz

Spindle shaped spots appear on Rice leaves affected with----------------

BLAST

Symptoms of bacterial blight in seedling stage is known as---------

KRESEK

Supernatant liquid of cow dung slurry is applied in Rice fields to control-------disease

BACTERIAL BLIGHT

-------is a fungicide used for dry seed treatment

CARBENDAZIM

Spread of sheath blight disease in Rice is through---------

IRRIGATION WATER

---------is a disease affecting Rice crop in high ranges of Kerala

UDBATTA disease

Tall lanky tillers and aerial adventitious roots are produced by------disease in Rice

FOOT ROT

Spread of bacterial blight in Rice occurs through--------,-------&---------

WIND , IRRIGATION WATER & RAIN

--------is an antibiotic used for controlling bacterial blight disease in Rice

STREPTOCYCLINE

Bleaching powder is applied to irrigation water to control -------disease of Rice

BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT

--------is an easy and effective test for diagnosing bacterial leaf blight disease in Rice

OOZE test

---------is a sure test for diagnosing Tungro disease in Rice

IODINE test

---------is a disease caused by Phytoplasma in Rice

Rice YELLOW DWARF

Spindle leaf turns brown and breaks off in coconut due to---------

BUD ROT

----------is a disease caused by Phytoplasma in coconut

ROOT WILT

Fan like appearance of coconut leaves occurs in coconut palm affected by---------

LEAF ROT DISEASE

Mahali disease of Arecanut is caused by----------

Phytophthora palmivora

Symptoms such as young seedlings getting killed before they emerge through the soil surface is due to-------------

PRE-EMERGENCE DAMPING OFF

Late blight of potato is caused by-----------

Phytophthora infestans

Phyllody is caused by-----------

Phytoplasma

’ELYTRA’ is associated with---------

BEETLE

’HALTERES’ is associated with---------

FLIES

’HEMELYTRA’ is associated with--------

BUGS

Maggot is the larval stage of --------

FLIES

Nymphs are the larval stages of insects undergoing ----------------

INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS

-----------is a parasite that kills its host

PARASITOID

An organism that lives at the expenseof another organism

host which it does not usually kill is known as-------------

----------is an organism that eats more than one other organism during its life

PREDATOR

’PROBOSCIS’ is associated with------------

MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES

Pupal stage of butterflies is termed---------

CHRYSALIS

In case of insects undergoing complete metamorphosis , the stage between larva and adult is termed as-----------------

PUPA

’STYLET’ is associated with----------

NEMATODES

Any plant in the wrong place is termed----------

WEED

’VAM’ means--------

VESICULAR ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA

A disease that results in the collapse and death of seedlings before or after they emerge from the soil is known as---------

DAMPING OFF

Common causing agent of Damping-off?

Pythium

In plant pathology ‘MLO’ means----------

MYCOPLASMA LIKE ORGANISM

Symbiotic association between a fungus and roots of plants is called-------

MYCORRHIZA

Change of floral organs to leaf like structures is known as-----------

PHYLLODY

An official document that indicates that plant material has been inspected by competent authority and found to be free of certain pathogens is termed as---------

PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE

Legislative control of the transport of plants or plant parts to prevent the spread of pests or pathogens is known as------------

QUARANTINE

Holow berries are formed in Pepper due to ----------

POLLU

Fungal Pollu in Pepper can be controlled by---------

Spraying 1% Bordeaux Mixture

Leaves of Pepper vine become abnormally narrow and sickle like due to---------caused by Phytoplasma

LITTLE LEAF

Water soaked lesions on basal portion of pseudostem of ginger causing rotting is observed in------------disease

SOFT ROT

’Irish Famine’ was due to-----------

LATE BLIGHT OF POTATO caused by Phytophthora infestans

’Bengal famine’ of 1943 was due to the failure of Rice crop affected by---------

BROWN SPOT disease caused by Helminthosporium oryzae

’SWOLLEN SHOOT’ is a virus disease affecting------------crop

COCOA