sap is translocated from areas of supply, called sources, to areas of metabolism or storage, called sinks. Which of the following statements about source and sink are TRUE?

a.) Sinks include any nonphotosynthetic organs of the plant and organs that do not produce enough photosynthetic products to support their own growth or storage needs

b.) Sources include exporting organs that are capable of producing photosynthate in excess of their own needs

c.) During the growing season of the first year, storage root is a sink, when it accumulates sugars received from the source leaves. During the second growing season the same root becomes a source

d.) Roots, tubers, developing fruits, and immature leaves, which must import carbohydrate for normal development, are all examples of sources tissues

Find the correct combination of the source and sink pattern of translocation.

#Question id: 10797

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

The colored pigments of plants are of two principal types: carotenoids and flavonoids. Given below some statements of about these pigments;

 a) Anthocyanins are colored flavonoids that attract animals

b) Flavonoids are phenolic compounds that include a wide range of colored substances

c) Carotenoids are coloured terpenoid compounds that also serve as accessory pigments in photosynthesis

d) most widespread group of pigmented carotenoids is the anthocyanins, these are glycosides that have sugars. Without their sugars, anthocyanins are known as anthocyanidins

Which of the following is incorrect statements of these pigments;

#Question id: 10798

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Two other major groups of flavonoids found in flowers and leaves of all green plants. The function of these two flavonoids in plants are____

a) protect plants against being eaten by herbivores and against being infected by microbial pathogens

b) Protect cells from excessive UV-B radiation (280–320 nm) because they accumulate in the epidermal layers of leaves and stems and absorb light strongly in the UV-B region       

c) flavones and flavonols secreted into the soil by legume roots mediate the interaction of legumes and nitrogen-fixing symbionts

d) They are are coloured terpenoid compounds that also serve as accessory pigments in photosynthesis    

Which of the following combination from the above statements is correct?

#Question id: 10799

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Arabidopsis thaliana mutants that lack the enzyme chalcone synthase____

#Question id: 10800

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Which of the following secondary metabolites causes infertility in the

#Question id: 10801

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Which one is not the Functions of isoflavonoid___

#Question id: 10802

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Condensed tannins are the polymerizing subunits of__