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In 1943 the causal organism and host of Bengal famine was

A

Wheat rust by Puccinia

B

Blast of rice by Pyricularia oryzae

C

Blast of rice by Xanthomonas oryzae

D

Brown leaf spot of rice by Helminthosporium oryzae

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D
In recent decades the world have experienced devastating losses to farmers from major outbreaks such as Brown spot of rice in India in 1942 causing the Bengal famine in 1943. The rice eating population had no facilities for cooking the wheat imported. Brown spot (Helminthosporium Oryzae) disease is first seen as brownish spot on the leaves and glumes of the plant.
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