The diagram below illustrates crop diseases, study the diagrams carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Identify the crop disease illustrate in the diagrams.
P:_____________________(1mk)
Q:________________________(1mk)
Diseases
P- Bacterial wilt
Q- Maize smut
Give the causative agent for each of the diseases illustrated above.
P_____________________(1mk)
Q_____________________ (1mk)
Causative agent
P – Bacteria ( pseudomonas solanacearum)
Q – Fungi ( ustilago maydis
State one cultural method used in the control of disease illustrated by Q.(1mk)
One cultural method of controlling Q
Crop rotation
Field hygiene
Rogueing
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