Q: Describe one example of a plant chemical defense mechanism.
A: Plants are able to defend themselves from the herbivores by producing chemical compounds such as…
Q: Give an example of how a plant’s ability to sense itsenvironment improves the plant’s chances for…
A: The biological world is a buildup of animals, plants, and microbes. The plants are the major…
Q: How does a plant “know” it is under attack by a pathogen or herbivore? (name one thing the plant can…
A: Pathogens are basically any invader that are capable of hampering the normal processing of the body…
Q: plant response that
A: Plants respond to various stimuli in different ways. Plants were identified as living things on the…
Q: What will happen to the plant (will it live or die), and why
A: Metabolism is all the chemical reactions that can take place in a cell. Catabolism is the breaking…
Q: Are carrots, onion, potato, ginger, and turnip is herbaceous or suffrutescent?
A: Suffrutescent are the plants that have woody or half-woody stems, especially at the basal part.…
Q: What are the signs of pathogens in plants? Define and give examples.
A: Pathogens can be defined as disease-causing organisms. In plants, various types of organisms like…
Q: After Cotton is harvest, are the remaining parts of the cotton plant used for anything else?
A: Cotton is a leading cash crop in most of the countries. The part for which the plant is harvested is…
Q: Describe how pathogens enter and move within the plant body.
A: The plant pathogen can be defined as the organism that will cause the disease on the plant. However,…
Q: What are some ways in which plants defend themselves from herbivores? Describe two physical defenses…
A: Plants have adapted to defend themselves from herbivores in various ways.They develop physical…
Q: Auxin enhances cell elongation in all of these ways except(A) increased uptake of solutes.(B) gene…
A: Plant hormones are the molecules produced by the plants which help in the growth and development of…
Q: What do plant pathogens and parasite have in common?
A: Plant pathogens are those cause disease in plants.examples include Bacteria, Protozoa,Fungi etc.…
Q: how does a herbicide affect a plant?
A: The mode of action of herbicides includes inhibition, interruption, disruption, or mitigation of the…
Q: Explain further the role of tyloses in plant defense system and disease development?
A: Introduction :- Plants have an intact and impermeable barrier made up of bark and a waxy cuticle as…
Q: Plants have systemic defense mechanisms (i.e., those that are not normally active but can be induced…
A: The above mechanism of plant defence is of:-Chemical defence because chemicals are normally present…
Q: In plants, why is it important to be familiar with the symptoms and signs of a particular disease?
A: Experience with the way plant illnesses are outwardly recognized can assist you with diagnosing…
Q: Choose the one answer that fits best. Which of the following is NOT true with respect to plant…
A: Plants come under the category called kingdom ‘Plantae’. They are referred to as living organisms…
Q: Explain what happens when a pathogen enters a plant’s tissues.
A: Answer- The plants lack well organized immune system.
Q: Xamine the following picture. his plant is called mistletoe. The life cycle of the plant involves…
A: The two main components of nature are biotic and abiotic factors. There is a continuous interaction…
Q: Outline how plants protect themselves against pathogenic attack.
A: Plants represent a rich source of nutrients for many organisms including bacteria, fungi, protists,…
Q: How do plant react to certain change like irritation/sensitivity
A: The sensation is one of the capacities shown by a residing creature to keep up with its life, where…
Q: Which plant yields cannabinoids? List any two cannabinoids. Name the part of the body that is…
A: Cannabinoids are the natural compounds that are obtained from the plant. The commonly called names…
Q: Why is vegetative propagation practiced for growing some types of plants?
A: Any vegetative parts of the plant such as stem, root, leaf or even buds have the ability to give…
Q: In a research work you are interested in studying the presence of certain fungi associated with the…
A: The term mycorrhiza describes the mutualistic relationship between the fungus in the plant's…
Q: What are the two general ways by which plant pathogens gain entry into the host plant tissue? What…
A: The organisms that enter the body of a plant (host) and affect the normal plant physiology by their…
Q: Comparison between plants and humans defensess
A: Plants and human defense are different in some manner, though there are some similarities also
Q: Devise a plant health management plan for a commercial nursery that is experiencing problems with a…
A: The main aim to manage the soil borne plant pathogen is to decrease or prevent the disease and to…
Q: Use examples to explain how plant parts move in response toenvironmental stimuli.
A: Introduction :- Plants react to a variety of stimuli. Tropism is the response to environmental…
Q: What are the advantages of vegetative propagation?
A: The plant parts such as roots, stem, and leaves are called vegetative organs to distinguish them…
Q: Can the specific component of the plant immune system (the one using R genes) defend against both…
A: Plants show various mechanism to prevent the pathogens. Production of antimicrobial components are…
Q: Following infection with a pathogen, one response is to spread an alarm signal to increase defenses…
A: Plants are vulnerable to get attacked by boundless number of microorganisms and bugs. Subsequently,…
Q: How does an environmental factor like stress generate a response that is transmitted from generation…
A: There has been expanding interest in the likelihood that social experience—specifically,…
Q: How can phytohormones maximize the growth and development of their plants without compromising the…
A: The growth in plants is irreversible i.e increase in size. Many factors influence the growth of…
Q: fungal pathogen is detected trying to enter a plant cell, the cell may make a ___________ to try to…
A: An organism causing the disease to its host is known as the pathogen. The pathogen may comprise…
Q: How does a healthy plant benefit from its microbial counterpart?
A: Microorganisms are the tiny organisms that cannot seen with naked eyes, they can only visible with…
Q: Explain why there are often trade-offs between plantgrowth and plant defense.
A: Answer: Introduction: As plants could not to escape by traumatic situations, they should not adjust…
Q: Herbaceous plants growing in well watered soils are found to wilt on hot day. Give reason why.
A: Herbaceous plants are the ones that have perennial, biennial, or annual life cycle. These are the…
Q: Can plants develop immunity to specific pathogens?
A: Immunity is a biological system that can recognize the self molecules and rejects the molecules…
Q: A plant which grow on another plant without apparent harm to the host plant is called
A: In plant communities, plants are able to interact with other plant in either positive, negative or…
Q: What happens if plants encountered multi-directional stimulus?
A: Light, gravity, weather, and touch are only some of the environmental stimuli that the plant reacts…
Q: Leaves of a healthy potted plant were coated with petroleum jelly. How will it affect the plant?…
A: Stomata are the microscopic pores present on the epidermal layer of the plants. However, most of the…
Q: What is the effect of the plant pathogen to the infected or diseased plant?
A: The plants are formed of roots, stem, leaves, fruits and flowers. The conduction system in plants is…
Once a plant has detected a pathogen, how does it protect itself?
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- Explain what happens when a pathogen enters a plant’s tissues.Paul Klein has a favorite plant which is Duranta repens. He places the plant aloe in a covered airtight container that is exposed to the sunlight. Assume a watering system is provided. What will happen to the plant? Will it live or die? Why?Can plants develop immunity to specific pathogens?