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Multiple Choice Questions
34. In your garden, you have an Ailanthus altissima, also known as the Tree-of-Heaven. You
try adding additional plants to the same garden bed, but notice poor seed germination and
seedling growth around the tree. What is the most likely explanation for this?
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35. Many plants are filled with toxins that kill or deter herbivores. Many plants sequester
these compounds within the cell. Where in the plant cell are these toxic substances most likely
stored?
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True / False Questions
36. Treating a plant with a fungicide could interfere with the plant’s uptake of nitrogen.
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37. Parasitic fungi will usually attack a plant through stomata on the root surface.
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Multiple Choice Questions
38. A patient who requires repeated dosing with strong analgesics over a period of more than
a few days might be prescribed which of the following secondary plant metabolites?
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secondary plant metabolites for human pain relief.
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39. A plant has a mutation in the gene that codes for systemin. What is the likely
consequence of this mutation?
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40. Systemic response occurs when plants exhibit generalized defense responses in organs
distant from the wound.
41. Using biotechnology, plant breeders attempt to find and incorporate specific resistance
genes into plants that lack them. Once a plant has been given a resistance gene, it will have
indefinite protection from the associated pathogen.
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42. If a bacterium containing a mutation in the avirulence gene lands on a plant that has the
corresponding R gene, the bacterium may not initiate rapid cell death in the plant.
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