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The disease of potato responsible for famous famine of Europe was caused by or late blight of potato is caused?

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Colletotrichum falcatum
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Phytophthora infestans
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Potato mosaic virus
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Alternaria solani
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The correct option is C Phytophthora infestans
B. Phytophthora infestans
Reason: Late blight of potatoes, this disease that was responsible for potato famine in the mid-nineteenth. It is caused by fungus pathogen Phytophthora infestans. This seed born disease can infect the leaves, stems, fruits and tubers of potato and involved the formation of brownish to blackish dead areas on the tip and margin of the leaflet leading to blighting of the whole leaf.

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