The correct answer is Rice.
- Rice blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (Ascomycota), occurs in about 80 countries on all continents where rice is grown, in both paddy fields and upland cultivation.
- The extent of damage caused depends on environmental factors, but worldwide it is one of the most devastating cereal diseases, resulting in losses of 10–30% of the global yield of rice.
- Other common diseases of the crop of rice are - Blight, Bacterial leaf streak, Brown spot, Sheath blight, False smut, etc.
Additional Information
- The biological agents that causing diseases to plants are known as pathogens.
- Some of the viral diseases in plants are - bud blight (soyabeans), Curly tops (Beans, tomato, etc.), Mosaic leaf (Tomato, pea, potato,tobacco, etc.).
- Some of the bacterial diseases in plants are - Blights (vegetable crops), Bacterial wilts (Tobacco, potatoes, etc), Cankers (Woody plants), Leaf Spots, Soft Wrots, etc.
- Some of the fungal diseases in the plants are - Cankers, Ergot, Rusts, Root rots, Scabs, Smuts, etc.