Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
A plant disease in which the pathogen is seen as a cottony growth on the surface of the host is called:

rust

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smut

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downy mildew

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Solution

The correct option is C downy mildew
A plant disease in which the pathogen is seen as a cottony growth on the surface of the host is called Downy mildew which deteriorates the leaf with the fungus Oomycete, this disease spread across in the winter season.
So, the correct option is 'downy mildew'.

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