Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Managing Plant Pathogens

Unit 1.9 | 17
Assessment Questions

Assessment Questions

1. 
   

   List five different plant diseases, including the pathogen, plant host, and how each one interferes with
   normal plant physiology.

   
   


2. 
   

   What are three environmental conditions that often encourage the growth, development, and
   distribution of bacterial and fungal blights?

   
   


3. 
   

   Describe three specific environmental manipulations that farmers/gardeners may use to manage or
   prevent plant pathogens ecologically.

   
   


4. 
   

   What are the four techniques that should always be included when taking a suitable sample for
   disease diagnosis?

   
   


5. 
   

   Describe three specific plant host manipulations that farmers/gardeners may use to manage or
   prevent plant pathogens ecologically.