Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

#Question id: 10922

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

The non-reducing sugar sucrose is most commonly translocated in the phloem rather than reducing sugar. Why?

 a.) because they are less reactive than their reducing counterparts

 b.) because sucrose contains more energy than a monosaccharides

 c.) because the ketone or aldehyde group is reduced to an alcohol or combined with a similar group on another sugar so as not to be oxidized

 Which one of the following statements is true about translocation of non-reducing sugar?

#Question id: 10923

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

In the modification of translocation pathways, Interference with a translocation pathway by wounding or pruning can alter the patterns established by proximity and vascular connections. In the absence of direct connections between source and sink, vascular interconnections, called

#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