FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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What are the facultative parasites most likely to attack stressed plants?
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fungi
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epiphyte
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galls
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moss
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of obligate parasites are the downy mildews, the powdery mildews, and the rusts. Certain fungi form highly specialized parasitic relationships with insects. For example, the fungal genus Septobasidium is parasitic on scale insects (order Homoptera) that feed on trees.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant. Agriculturalists consider cuscuta a destructive weed and attempt to eradicate it.
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