A plant produces flowers that are open through the day and the night. An experimenter places pollen on the stigmas of freshly opened flowers and covers them after pollination to prevent natural pollinators from having access to the flowers. When experimental pollination was carried out during the day, 40% of the flowers yielded fruit. When experimental pollination was carried out during the night, 80% of the flowers yielded fruit. However, when flowers were  kept  open  to  natural  pollination  during  the  day  (covered  at  night),  35%  of  flowers  produced  fruit.  20%  of flowers exposed to natural pollination during the night (covered during the day) produced fruit. Which of the following statements is NOT a plausible explanation of these results ?

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Quantum flux, or photon flux density (PFD), is the number of incident quanta (singular quantum) striking the leaf, expressed in

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

leaves continuously adjust the orientation of their laminae such that they remain perpendicular to the sun’s ray and maximize light absorption by

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

 Some solar-tracking plants can also move their leaves so that they avoid full exposure to sunlight, thus minimizing heating and water loss. These sun-avoiding leaves are called

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

A developmental process in which leaves express a set of biochemical and morphological adjustments that are suited to the particular environment in which the leaves are exposed known as

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

if you take a plant that developed indoors and transfer it outdoors; after some time, if it is the right type of plant what will happened?

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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant

Leaves acclimate to sun and shade environments, Sun and shade leaves have contrasting biochemical and morphological characteristics such as

a.) Shade leaves increase light capture by having more total chlorophyll per reaction center, a higher ratio of chlorophyll b to chlorophyll a, and usually thinner laminae than sun leaves

b.) Sun leaves decrease CO2 assimilation by having less rubisco and can dissipate excess light energy and Morphologically they have thinner leaves and a larger palisade layer than shade leaves

c.) Shade leaves decrease light capture by having low total chlorophyll per reaction center, a higher ratio of chlorophyll b to chlorophyll a, and usually thicker laminae than sun leaves

d.) Sun leaves increase CO2 assimilation by having more rubisco and can dissipate excess light energy and Morphologically they have thicker leaves and a larger palisade layer than shade leaves

Which of the following combination from the above statements are TRUE?