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#Question id: 10762


The following are certain statements about secondary metabolites:

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

b) Terpenes, are the class of secondary metabolites are synthesized by methyl erythritol phosphate(MEP) pathway and Mevalonic acid pathway

c) Terpenes, are the class of secondary metabolites are synthesized by methyl erythritol phosphate(MEP) pathway and sikkimic acid pathway

Which one of the following combinations of the above statements is correct?

#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
  1. A, B and C    
  2. A and B
  3. B and C             
  4. ONLY C