Aster Yellows Quiz Aster Yellows 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: Aster Yellows Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Aster yellows affects a wide range of herbaceous plants including both ornamentals and vegetables.(Required) true false 2) Typical signs and symptoms associated with aster yellows include(Required) necrotic leaf spots yellow or purple foliage branch dieback leafy, green flowers stunting tufts of small, white roots distorted leaf growth 3) Aster yellows is caused by a(Required) bacterium fungus water mold phytoplasma nematode virus none of the above 4) The aster yellows pathogen is transmitted by insects, most commonly aphids.(Required) true false 5) Strategies that can successfully help you manage aster yellows include(Required) pruning out affected flowers, leaves, and branches carefully removing debris from infected plants in the fall using appropriate fungicide/bactericide treatments prior to symptom development growing plants such as geraniums and impatiens using insecticides to manage insects that carry the aster yellows pathogen totally removing infected perennial plants and weeds Δ
