Galls, warts, and brooming are typical examples of which symptom category?

Galls, warts, and brooming are typical examples of which symptom category?

• A. Overdevelopment
• B. Necrosis
• C. Wilting
• D. Lesions

Answer: (A)

Growth abnormalities are being tested here. Galls, warts, and brooming show tissue that has grown abnormally or developed in an unusual way, rather than simply dying or wilting. Galls form as plant tissue swells around an invader or developmental signal; warts are small protrusions of misdeveloped tissue; brooming (fasciation) yields flattened, tufted shoots due to altered growth patterns. Because the hallmark is extra, misdirected growth of tissue, this category is overdevelopment. Necrosis would imply dead tissue, wilting reflects loss of turgor from water or vascular issues, and lesions are more general damaged areas that may or may not involve actual tissue proliferation. So the examples fit overdevelopment most closely.

Growth abnormalities are being tested here. Galls, warts, and brooming show tissue that has grown abnormally or developed in an unusual way, rather than simply dying or wilting. Galls form as plant tissue swells around an invader or developmental signal; warts are small protrusions of misdeveloped tissue; brooming (fasciation) yields flattened, tufted shoots due to altered growth patterns. Because the hallmark is extra, misdirected growth of tissue, this category is overdevelopment. Necrosis would imply dead tissue, wilting reflects loss of turgor from water or vascular issues, and lesions are more general damaged areas that may or may not involve actual tissue proliferation. So the examples fit overdevelopment most closely.