Practice mode Plant Pathology

Which step completes Koch’s postulates for proving that a fungus causes a plant disease?

Correct answer C. Re-isolating the same organism from artificially inoculated plants

Explanation

The final postulate requires recovering the same organism in pure culture from the experimentally infected plant, confirming it matches the original isolate.

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