Bacterial Speck of Tomato Quiz Bacterial Speck of Tomato 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 Speck of Tomato Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Bacterial speck is primarily a cosmetic issue that has little impact on tomato fruit yield or quality.(Required) true false 2) Bacterial speck symptoms can be similar to those caused by(Required) late blight Septoria leaf spot tomato spotted wilt bacterial canker bacterial spot early blight 3) The bacterial speck pathogen is typically first introduced into a garden on contaminated tomato seed or transplants.(Required) true false 4) Once introduced into a garden, the bacterial speck pathogen commonly survives on alternate weed hosts such as nightshade that are related to tomato.(Required) true false 5) Management of bacterial speck involves(Required) using pathogen-free tomato seed treating tomato seed using dry heat planting resistant tomato varieties removing and disposing of tomato debris at the end of the growing season applying curative chemical sprays to tomatoes decontaminating garden tools or other gardening items that have come in contact with infected plants using alcohol, bleach, or commercial disinfectants decontaminating soil in areas where bacterial speck has been a problem using a bleach drench avoiding handling plants when they are wet using a soaker or drip hose rather than a sprinkler to water tomatoes eradicating alternate plant hosts such as nightshade Δ
