Biology 4.1.1 Plant diseases

Question	Answer
What pathogen causes ring rot?	Bacteria
What plants are effected by ringrot?	Potatoes Tomato Aubergine
What happens when a plant gets ring rot?	Leaves, fruit and tubes are damaged, resulting in plants being unable to grow for up to two years after infection
What plants are effected by tobacco mosaic virus?	Tobacco Pepper Tomato Image: Burns (binary/octet-stream)
What happens as a result of tobacco mosaic virus?	Stunts growth and damages leaves and fruits which can lead to total crop loss
What pathogen causes potato blight?	Fungus like protoctista
What can happen as a result of potato blight?	Brown marks on leaves which can damage them and cause crop loss
What pathogen causes black sigatoka?	Fungi
What plants are effected by black sigatoka?	Banana plants
What happens as a result of black sigatoka?	Destroys leaves

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