General agriculture pointer - 56

1. Colour indicating moderately toxic poisons – (bright blue)

2. Colour indicating slightly toxic poisons – (bright green)

3. Reason for pest outbreak – (pest resurgence)

4. ‘Dead heart’ & ‘white ear head’ are symptoms of – (rice stem borer)

5. Tolerant rice variety for stem borer areas – (ir 20/kanchana)

6. ‘Silver shoot’ is a symptom of – (gall midge)

7. Tolerant rice variety for gall midge attack – (uma/panchami/pavithra)

8. Excessive tillering in young seedlings is due to – (gall midge)

9. Pest causing chaffy grains at milky stage – (rice bug)

10. Keeping field & bunds weed-free controls – (rice bug)

11. ‘Hopper burn’ caused by – (brown plant hopper)

12. Bph-resistant rice variety – (jyothi/bharathi/kanakam/pavizham/nila)

13. Small cylindrical cases on leaves indicate – (rice case worm)

14. Draining water controls – (rice case worm)

15. Needle-like rolling of leaf tips is due to – (rice thrips)

16. Nematode species attacking rice – (rice root nematode & rice cyst nematode)

17. Spindle-shaped leaf spots with grey centre are symptoms of – (rice blast)

18. Rice blast is caused by – (pyricularia fungus)

19. Blast-resistant rice variety – (kairali/kanchana/swarnaprabha)

20. Sheath blight of rice caused by – (rhizoctonia fungus)

21. Bacterial leaf blight of rice caused by – (xanthomonas bacteria)

22. Bacterial blight–resistant rice variety – (asha/makam/kanakam/jaya)

23. Bleaching powder controls – (bacterial leaf blight)

24. Cow dung slurry controls – (bacterial leaf blight)

25. Oozе test detects – (bacterial leaf blight)

26. Sheath rot of rice caused by – (fungus)

27. Sheath rot–resistant variety – (aruna/asha/arathi/remya)

28. Brown spot of rice caused by – (fungus)

29. Blast, sheath blight & brown spot controlled by – (fluorescent pseudomonas)

30. Predator in rice ecosystem – (spiders/damsel fly/dragon fly/lady bird beetle)

31. Egg parasite controlling stem borer & leaf folder – (trichogramma sp)

32. Virus diseases of rice – (tungro/yellow dwarf/grassy stunt/ragged stunt)

33. Rice grain diseases – (false smut/udbatta)

34. Triangular cuts on coconut fronds indicate – (rhinoceros beetle)

35. Bio-control agent against adult rhinoceros beetles – (baculovirus)

36. Bio-control agent against rhinoceros beetle grubs – (metarrhizium anisopliae)

37. Entomopathogenic fungus – (metarrhizium anisopliae)

38. Holes on stem & brown fluid oozing indicate – (red palm weevil)

39. Pheromone trap for red palm weevil – (ferrolure)

40. Leaf-eating caterpillar of coconut also known as – (black headed caterpillar)

41. Parasite of coconut leaf-eating caterpillar – (goniozus nephantidis/elasmus nephantidis/bracon brevicornis)

42. ‘Coreid bug’ is a pest of – (coconut)

43. ‘Cockchafer beetle’ is a pest of – (coconut)

44. Pale yellow triangular patches on young buttons indicate – (coconut eriophyid mite attack)

45. Major non-insect pest of coconut – (coconut eriophyid mite)

46. Bud rot of coconut caused by – (phytophthora fungus)

47. Phytoplasma disease of coconut – (root wilt)

48. Flaccidity & yellowing of older coconut leaves indicate – (root wilt)

49. Leaf rot of coconut caused by – (fungus)

50. Bordeaux paste recommended for – (bud rot in coconut)

51. Stem bleeding of coconut caused by – (fungus)

52. Major pest of banana – (pseudostem weevil)

53. ‘Cosmolure’ pheromone trap used against – (banana pseudostem weevil)

54. Pest attacking banana rhizome – (banana rhizome weevil)

55. Banana aphid transmits – (bunchy top)

56. Virus disease of banana – (bunchy top/kokkan)

57. Banana varieties less susceptible to bunchy top – (njalipoovan/koompillakannan/kanchikela/karpooravally)

58. Kokkan disease of banana first reported from – (thrissur, kerala in nendran)

59. Fungal diseases of banana – (panama wilt/sigatoka leaf spot)

60. Fruit & shoot borer is a pest of – (brinjal/okra)

61. ‘Little leaf’ of brinjal caused by – (phytoplasma)

62. Yellow vein mosaic common in – (okra)

63. Virus disease of okra – (yellow vein mosaic)

64. Vectors of yellow vein mosaic – (white fly & leaf hopper)

65. Yvm-resistant okra variety – (arka abhay/arka anamika/susthira/varsha)

66. Leaf spot of okra caused by – (fungus)

67. Banana fruit traps used to control – (fruit fly in bittergourd)

68. Red pumpkin beetle & epilachna beetle are pests of – (cucurbits)

69. Downy mildew of cucurbits caused by – (fungus)

70. Bacterial wilt–resistant chilli varieties – (manjari/ujwala/anugraha)

71. Leaf spot–resistant amaranth variety – (co-1)

72. Entomopathogenic fungus for black pea aphid – (fusarium pallidoroseum)

73. Cassava mosaic transmitted by – (white fly)

74. Cassava mosaic–tolerant tapioca variety – (h-97)

75. Red spider mites & scale insects are pests of – (tapioca)

76. Most troublesome pests of tapioca in kerala – (rodents)

77. Major pest of cardamom – (cardamom thrips)

78. ‘Azhukal’ disease of cardamom caused by – (fungus)

79. ‘Katte’ disease of cardamom caused by – (virus)

80. ‘Katte’ disease transmitted by – (banana aphid)

81. ‘Pollu beetle’ attacks – (pepper berries)

82. Marginal leaf gall thrips is a pest of – (pepper)

83. Foot rot of pepper caused by – (phytophthora fungus)

84. Biocontrol of foot rot in pepper – (trichoderma/vam/pseudomonas)

85. ‘Pollu disease’ of pepper caused by – (fungus)

86. ‘Soft rot’ is a fungal disease of – (ginger)

87. Important pest of mango – (mango hopper)

88. Tea mosquito bug is a major pest of – (cashew)

89. Dieback of cashew caused by – (fungus)

90. Spindle bug is a major pest of – (arecanut)

91. ‘Mahali’ is a major disease of – (arecanut)

92. Mahali disease caused by – (fungus)

93. Leaf curl of sesamum caused by – (virus)

94. Gastropod attacking anthurium – (snail)

95. Abnormal leaf fall of rubber – (fungal disease)

96. Abnormal leaf fall of rubber occurs during – (south-west monsoon)

97. Pink disease of rubber caused by – (fungus)

98. Expand ipm – (integrated pest management)

99. Insecticide recently banned due to health hazards – (endosulfan)

100. Sprayer used for tree crops – (rocker sprayer)