The perfect stage of Colletotrichum falcatum (causes red rot of sugarcane) is
A. Glomerella tucumanensis
B. Glomerella cingulata
C. Glomerella lindemuthianum
D. Alternaria alternata
Answer: Option A
Solution (By Examveda Team)
The perfect stage of Colletotrichum falcatum (causes red rot of sugarcane) is Glomerella tucumanensis.Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a commercially important crop, vulnerable to fungal disease red rot caused by Colletotrichum falcatum.
The pathogen attacks sucrose accumulating parenchyma cells of cane stalk leading to severe losses in cane yield and sugar recovery.
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