Southern Blight Quiz Southern Blight Quiz Take the Quiz! Get a perfect score! Earn the medallion! Questions may have more than one correct answer. Be sure to select all answers that are correct. If you don't get a perfect score, you can take the quiz again until you do! Please provide your email address to receive your digital medallion. Reference: Southern Blight Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Southern blight is a lethal disease that can kill(Required) hostas strawberries tomatoes seedling poplar trees mature oaks none of the above 2) Southern blight is more common in tropical and subtropical environments but can cause problems in Wisconsin during hot, dry weather.(Required) true false 3) Southern blight is caused by a(Required) bacterium fungus water mold phytoplasma nematode virus none of the above 4) The southern blight pathogen can be introduced into a garden via(Required) soil wind-borne inoculum gardening tools transplants mulches produced from yard waste none of the above 5) The southern blight pathogen produces large numbers of sclerotia (resting structures) that are large, elongate, and invariably black. These can form on infected plant parts and on the surface of mulch surrounding infected plants.(Required) true false 6) Management of southern blight involves(Required) aggressively removing dead/dying plants, as well as healthy-looking plants surrounding the affected area carefully inspecting new transplants and avoiding plants that have any signs or symptoms of southern blight growing non-susceptible plants in areas where southern blight has been an issue routinely decontaminating garden tools using high quality mulches that are less likely to harbor the southern blight pathogen thinning plants to promote a drier environment none of the above Δ
