Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits Quiz Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits 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: Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Bacterial wilt of cucurbits is a lethal disease of vine crops such as cucumber.(Required) true false 2) Watermelons tend to have fewer problems with bacterial wilt.(Required) true false 3) The bacterial wilt pathogen is introduced into plants by aphids as they feed.(Required) true false 4) The bacterial wilt pathogen blocks the water-conducting tissue inside a plant, thus preventing water movement from the roots and into the vines.(Required) true false 5) Typically, plants suffering from bacterial wilt initially show wilting of a single vine, with the wilting eventually affecting the entire plant.(Required) true false 6) The bacterial wilt pathogen can be found on corn and goldenrod plants, and these plants serve as important reservoirs of the pathogen that can lead to infections of cucurbits(Required) true false 7) Bacterial wilt of cucurbits is commonly managed by(Required) planting resistant varieties of cucurbits spraying infected plants with chemical bactericides removing and destroying infected plants increasing watering of affected plants to increase the amount of water that gets to affected vines spraying insecticides to control the insects that carry the bacterial wilt pathogen none of the above Δ
