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Senescence as an active development cellular process in the growth and functioning of a flowering plant is indicated in 

  • vessel and tracheid differentiation

  • leaf abscission

  • annual plants

  • annual plants


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leaf abscission

Senescence can be defined as the sum of deteriorative processes, which naturally terminate the functional life of an organism. Senescence is not confined only to the whole plant, it may be limited to a particular plant organ such as leaf and flower or cells such as phloem and xylem. Abscission is the natural shedding of leaves, foliage branches, fruits, floral parts etc. According to Leopold (1967) abscission is a Senescence phenomenon. Senescence as an active development cellular process in growth and functioning of a flowering plant is indicted in leaf abscission.

Whole plant senescence also known as overall senescence occur in annulas (eg, rice, wheat, gramme, mustard) biennials (eg, henbane or perennials.)

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In germinating seeds fatty acids are degraded exclusively in the

  • proplastid

  • glyoxisomes

  • peroxisomes

  • peroxisomes

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In leaves of C4 -plants malic acid synthesis during CO2 -fixation occurs in

  • epidermal cells

  • mesophyll cells

  • bundle sheath

  • bundle sheath

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Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be prevented by the application of

  • Cytokinins

  • Ethylene

  • Auxins

  • Auxins

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'Foolish seedling' disease of rice led to the discovery of

  • GA

  • ABA

  • 2, 4-D

  • 2, 4-D

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The length of different internodes in a culm of sugarcane is variable because of

  • shoot apical meristem

  • position of axillary buds

  • size of leaf lamina at the node below each internode

  • size of leaf lamina at the node below each internode

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The Golgi complex participates in

  • Fatty acid breakdown

  • Formation of secretory vesicles

  • Activation of amino acid

  • Respiration in bacteria


Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from

  • a unilocular polycarpellary flower 

  • a multipistillate syncarpous flower

  • a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis

  • a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis

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The wavelength of light absorbed by Pr form of phytochrome is

  • 640 nm

  • 680 nm

  • 720 nm

  • 720 nm

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Which one of the following pairs, is not correctly matched?

  • Abscisic acid -  Stomatal closure

  • Gibberellic acid - Leaf fall

  • Cytokinin - Cell division

  • Cytokinin - Cell division

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