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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Bacterial leaf blight of rice is caused by a species of 

  • Xanthomonas

  • Pseudomonas

  • Alternaria

  • Erwinia

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Xanthomonas

Leaf blight of rice - Xanthomonas oryzae
Red strip of sugarcane - Pseudomonas rubilineans
Fire blight of apple - Erwinia amylovora
Early blight of potato - Alternari solani.

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