White Pine Blister Rust Quiz White Pine Blister Rust 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: White Pine Blister Rust Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) White pine blister rust primarily affects white pine but can also affect white spruce.(Required) true false 2) White pine blister rust is caused by a(Required) bacterium fungus water mold phytoplasma nematode virus none of the above 3) The white pine blister rust pathogen is an alternating rust. It requires two plant hosts to complete its life cycle. Alternate plant hosts for the pathogen are gooseberries and currants.(Required) true false 4) Typical signs and symptoms associated with white pine blister rust on conifer hosts can include(Required) purpling of interior needles on lower branches purpling of needles at branch tips blister-like areas on affected branches and trunks that eventually rupture producing a yellowish to bright orange material dead branches, that may retain orange to red, dead needles for a period of time tree death production of a ball-like mass of branches none of the above 5) Pruning out infected branches will always be effective in limiting spread of the white pine blister rust pathogen into the main trunk of a tree.(Required) true false 6) Removing gooseberries and currants within 200 ft. of susceptible conifer trees can help manage white pine blister rust.(Required) true false 7) Watering susceptible conifers using a sprinkler will not increase the likelihood of seeing white pine blister rust.(Required) true false 8) Removing weeds from around susceptible trees (particularly when they are seedlings) can help prevent infections by the white pine blister rust pathogen.(Required) true false Δ
