Early Blight Quiz Early Blight 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: Early Blight Fact Sheet.Email(Required) 1) Early blight is a disease specific to tomato.(Required) true false 2) Common symptoms of early blight can include(Required) leaf spots flower abortion root rot defoliation plant death none of the above 3) Symptoms of early blight typically begin on the uppermost leaves of a plant and work their way down the plant.(Required) true false 4) Early blight is caused by a(Required) bacterium fungus water mold phytoplasma nematode virus none of the above 5) The early blight pathogen readily survives in soil in the absence of tomato debris.(Required) true false 6) Increasing the spacing between tomato plants can help prevent early blight.(Required) true false 7) Watering tomatoes with a sprinkler will help prevent early blight, as it washes the pathogen off the leaves and into the soil where it cannot infect.(Required) true false 8) Mulching under tomato plants can be useful in managing early blight. You can use virtually any kind of mulch, including chopped up potato debris from last year's garden.(Required) true false Δ
