PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
PRINCIPLES OF LIFE
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ISBN: 9781319017712
Author: HILLIS
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 27.4, Problem 1RA

a.

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To discuss: The experimental outcomes of a potted plant brought from the nursery and to identify the possibilities if the brown spot was because of nutrient deficiency or a disease;

Introduction: Plants require essential nutrients for their growth and development. Physiological plant disorders lacking nutrients affect the functioning of the plants rather than plant diseases caused by various pathogens such as a bacterium, virus or fungus. Nutrients are essential for a plant for plant growth and normal cellular functions. A lack of a nutrient deficiency can be identified by visual symptoms.

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To create: The fungal resistant plants assuming that the spots are caused by a fungus.

c.

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To identify:  The plant characteristic for absence of spots in the infected plant.

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