Statement A: Resistance of the host plant is the ability to prevent the pathogen from causing disease.
Statement B: Several wild relatives of different cultivated species of plants have been shown to have certain resistant characters but have very low yield.
Several wild relatives of different cultivated species of plants have been shown to have certain resistant characters but have very low yield. Resistance of the host plant is the ability to prevent the pathogen from causing disease and is determined by the genetic constitution of the host plant.