Fungal Parasites and Plant Infection

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What triggers the change in form of some fungi that cause human infections?

  • Change in light intensity
  • Change in CO2 concentration
  • Change in nutrient availability
  • Change in temperature (correct)

How do fungi obtain their nutrients?

  • Through photosynthesis
  • By producing their own food through cellular respiration
  • By absorbing nutrients directly from outside their bodies (correct)
  • By ingesting food and then digesting it internally

What is a saprotroph?

  • An organism that lives in or on another living organism
  • An organism that obtains its food from dead and decaying matter (correct)
  • An organism that has a symbiotic relationship with another organism
  • An organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis

What is the term for a parasite that can only survive and grow in living cells?

<p>Biotroph (B)</p>
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How do fungi digest their food?

<p>Externally using extracellular enzymes (D)</p>
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What is the mode of nutrition in fungi?

<p>Heterotrophic (B)</p>
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What type of fungi can infect their host and bring about its death, and then live saprotrophically on the remains?

<p>Necrotrophs (D)</p>
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How do fungal hyphae penetrate plant hosts?

<p>All of the above (D)</p>
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What enzymes do fungi produce to digest the middle lamellae of cell walls?

<p>Pectinases (A)</p>
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What specialized structure do obligate parasites possess to aid in penetration and absorption?

<p>Haustoria (B)</p>
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What type of symbiotic association is formed between fungi and algae?

<p>Lichens (B)</p>
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What is the term for the symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of higher plants?

<p>Mycorrhizae (C)</p>
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What is the term used to describe the body or vegetative structure of a fungus?

<p>Thallus (B)</p>
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What is the term used to describe fungi that have hyphae with cross walls or septa separating cells?

<p>Septate (A)</p>
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What is the term used to describe fungi that can exist in two distinct forms?

<p>Dimorphic (C)</p>
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What is the mode of reproduction in yeasts?

<p>Budding and transverse fission (D)</p>
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What is the result of fungal degradation on certain materials?

<p>Destruction of materials of economic importance (A)</p>
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What is the impact of fungi on human health and crops?

<p>Fungi cause significant damage to crops and also cause human diseases (D)</p>
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