Examveda
Examveda

Tick out the pair which is wrongly matched

A. Oxycarboxin - Plantvax

B. Carboxin - Benlate

C. MBC - Bavistin

D. Benomyl - Benlate

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

A. Oxycarboxin - Plantvax
Oxycarboxin is an organic compound used as a fungicide. It is an anilide. The other name of this compound is plantvax.
B. Carboxin - Benlate is not correctly matched.
Carboxin is sold as Vitavax. It is used as a seed treatment and is effective against damping-off diseases caused by Rhizoctonia and against the various smuts of grain crops. Benlate, a fungicide, has been used for over 20 years in Florida to treat crops and ornamentals.
C. MBC - Bavistin
Bavistin, is a benzimidazole fungicide containing methyl benzimidazol-2-yl carbamate (MBC). It is a broad-spectrum systemic fungicide that is effective against a wide range of pathogenic fungi and is highly specific in its control of important plant pathogens on a variety of crops, ornamental plants, and plantation crops.
D. Benomyl - Benlate
Benomyl (also marketed as Benlate) is a fungicide introduced in 1968 by DuPont. It is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and invertebrates, especially earthworms, but nontoxic toward mammals.

This Question Belongs to Agriculture >> Plant Pathology

Join The Discussion

Related Questions on Plant Pathology