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Which one of the following is an amide involved in nitrogen assimilitaion by plants?
Glutamate
Alanine
Asparagine
Serine
The pink color inside a root nodule is due to the presence of:
Chlorophyll
Anthocyanin
Leghaemoglobin
Carotenoids
Root nodules in Alnus is formed by.
Rhizobium
Azospirillum
Frankia
Clostridium
Which two important amides found in the plants are structural part of proteins
Glutamate and ureides
Glycine and serine
Glutamine and asparagine
Asparagine and arginine
In root nodules of legumes, leghaemoglobin is important because it
Transports oxygen to the root nodule
Acts as an oxygen scavenger
Provides energy to the nitrogen fixing bacterium
Acts as a catalyst in transamination
What is the primary benefit for leguminous plants in forming root nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Increased water absorption
Protection from pathogens
Access to usable nitrogen
Enhanced photosynthesis
The infection thread, crucial for rhizobial entry into the root hair, is primarily composed of which plant cell wall component?
Cellulose
Pectin
Lignin
Suberin
Which of these is NOT a characteristic feature of the root nodules formed during legume-rhizobia symbiosis?
Presence of chloroplasts in bacteroids
Presence of leghemoglobin
Differentiated bacteroids
Reduced oxygen concentration
The enzyme nitrogenase, crucial for biological nitrogen fixation, is highly sensitive to oxygen. Which of the following mechanisms protects nitrogenase from oxygen inactivation in symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
Thick cell walls
High respiration rate
Leghaemoglobin
Photosynthesis
VAM is
Ectomycorrhizae
Endomycorrhizae
Both (a) and (b)
Ectoendomycorrhizae