An investigator wants to use FRAP to quantify the lateral movement of a specific plasma membrane protein, but to do so this investigator must first:

#Question id: 10924

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Due to damage exudation of sap from cut petioles or stems takes place they can be collected. However, quantities of collected sap are small, and the method is technically difficult. A preferable approach for collecting exuded sap is to use an

#Question id: 11047

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

As plants absorb water from the soil, they deplete the soil of water near the surface of the roots, This depletion due to

#Question id: 11048

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

In vascular plants, phloem is the living tissue that transports the soluble organic compound made during photosynthesis in the form of sugar, The phloem tissue is made up of cells called phloem elements. Which of the following given phloem elements are directly involved in translocation?

#Question id: 11049

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Match the CORRECT combination of the phloem elements with its function.

            PHLOEM ELEMENTS                                                  FUNCTIONS

P) sieve tube elements                                    i) for protection and strengthening of the tissue

Q) sieve cells                                                  ii) store and release food molecules

R) companion cells                                        iii) food translocation in angiosperm

S) Phloem parenchyma cells                          iv) latex containing cells

T) Phloem fibers and sclereids                       v) help in flow of solute and show high, metabolic activity

U) laticifers                                                     vi) food translocation on gymnosperm

#Question id: 11050

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Three dimensional reconstructions of Arabidopsis sieve plates using a staining technique that can be used to image entire plant organs and Open sieve pores are visible as well as callose plug are also visible which technique used to analyze

#Question id: 11740

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Some given characteristics of the two types of sieve elements in seed plants such as Sieve tube elements and Sieve cells. Find out the  true characteristics of sieve tube elements from the given statements;

i) Found in angiosperms

ii) Sieve plate pores are open channels

iii) Albuminous cells sometimes function as companion cells

iv) P-protein is present in all eudicots and many monocots

v) There are no sieve plates; all sieve areas are similar