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Activity (Post-Test)

I. Answer the following questions. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

C 1. Which of the major plant disease cases caused impede blood circulation

from eating bread from infected rye grains; caused by the fungus

Caviceps purpurea?

a. Potato late blight disease

b. Coffee rust in Ceylon

c. Ergot poisoning in Europe

C 2. What type of damage did the potato late blight disease caused mankind in

1845-1846?

a. Food poisoning

b. Destruction of plantations

c. Famine and death

A 3. How much economic loss did the Philippines suffered from rice tungro

disease in 1971?

a. $200M. b. P170M c. P30,357,000

C 4. In what province did the coffee rust and citrus decline pestered heavily?

a. Ilocos b. Isabella c. Batangas

B 5. What fungus caused the downey mildew of corn in 1978?

a. Caviceps purpurea

b. Peronosclerospora philippinensis

c. Aspergillus flavus

II. Enumerate the following items asked.

1-3. What are the types of crop loss under reduction in yield?

o Leaf spots/blight reduce photosynthetic capacity of plants

o Root pathogens

o Fruit rots and fruit spots

4-7. What are the types of losses under reduction of quality produce?

o Citrus fruits with scabs

o Moldy cereals and other commodities

o Reduced strength and undesirable discoloration in wood pulp

o Poor germination of infected seeds

8-12. What are the toxins that contaminates crop produce leading to losses?

Aflatoxin

Ochratoxin

Yellow rice toxins

Fumonisins

Estrogenic factor in corn

13-20. Give 7 importance and uses of plants.

• Food

• Shelter

• Clothing

• Medicine

• Aesthetics

• Improving environment

• Luxuries

III. Essay. In your own words, give an explanation of minimum of 5 sentences in

the question asked below. (5pts)

1. What are the negative impacts of plant diseases?

- The impact of plant diseases is also bad for us human kind just not in other crops. well-
known for lowering crop yields, which eventually lowers human food availability.
Inadequate food for humans or, in the worst situations, hunger and death can result from
this. Humans and plant pathogens, many plant infections can have an impact on humans by
lowering the amount of food available or by contaminating food with hazardous substances.
Bacterial species found in agricultural soils and utilized as biocontrol agents for plant
diseases can also have an impact on human health.