PAPER-II
Q.No.2. Describe in detail the structure, physiology and action of phytochromes in plants. Also classify the plants with respect to their responses to daylight.
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Q.No.3. What is photophosphorylation? Write a detailed note on light reaction at PSI and PSII.
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Q.No.4. The plants as solitary component of nature are always subject to environmental perturbations. Describe in detail how do climatic and edaphic factors influence plant life.
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Q.No.5. Salinity and water logging reduced plant productivity drastically. Give in detail their causes of occurrence and how saline and waterlogged soils can be reclaimed.
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Q.No.6. Write note on the structure and function of nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria and peroxisomes in a plant cell.
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Q. No. 7. Give a detailed account of chromosomal aberrations. How they are important to evolutionary tendencies in plant.
Q.No.8. Define evolution. Write detailed notes on the evolutionary theories put forward by Darwin and Lamarck.
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