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fungi, the minerals they make available, and the role those minerals play in DNA synthesis.
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Did you have trouble extending this benefit of mycorrhizal assocation to determine the correct
answer?
Multiple Choice Questions
53. You a given a plant tissue in lab and asked to determine if the tissue is a source or a sink.
Microscopic analysis reveals an abundance of colorless parenchyma cells with plastids. Only
one biochemical test reacts positively with your sample. In the presence of iodine, the plastids
turn a dark purplish color. Based on this information you determine your sample is
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process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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True / False Questions
54. Cavitation would have no effect on translocation.
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55. An application of too much fertilizer will negatively affect the movement of materials in
the phloem.
Chapter 37 – Transport in Plants
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the tissue.
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56. A decrease in the availability of ATP in a root cell could decrease the water potential of
the cell.
57. If a mutation decreased the radius of a xylem vessel threefold, there would be an 81-fold
increase in the volume of liquid moving through the vessel.
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58. An increase in root pressure will result in the rapid release of abscisic acid (ABA) and the
subsequent opening of the stomata.
Chapter 37 – Transport in Plants
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59. If the proton pumps of guard cell were damaged, transpiration would decrease.
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process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a
more desirable result?
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