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The disease of potato responsible for famous famine of Europe was caused by or late blight of potato is caused?
The disease of potato responsible for famous famine of Europe was caused by or late blight of potato is caused?
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The correct option is C Phytophthora infestans
B. Phytophthora infestansReason: 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.
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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