The nitrifying bacteria are
(1) Photoautotroph
(2) Chemoautotroph
(3) Nitrotroph
(4) Organotroph
Leghaemoglobin is produced in response to
1. respiration
2. photosynthesis
3. fatty acid synthesis
4. N2 fixation.
Ammonia is first oxidized to nitrite by the bacteria except
(1) Nitrosomonas
(2) Nitrococcus
(3) Nitrobacter
(4) All of these
Nitrogen:
Find the incorrect one.
1. Plants compete with microbes for it.
2. It is a limiting nutrient for both natural and agricultural ecosystem
3. Nitrogen has triple covalent bonds
4. Nitrogen fixation is conversion of nitrogen into nitrate
Which of the following does not happen during nodule formation?
(1) Rhizobium bacteria contact a susceptible root hair, divide near it
(2) Successful infection of root hair causes it to curl
(3) Infected thread carries the bacteria to the inner cortex
(4) The bacteria get modified into rod shaped bacteroides and cause inner cortical and endodermal cells to divide
In nature, ……….. and ……….. provide enough energy to convert Nitrogen to nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2, N2O).
(1) Lightning, Forest fires
(2) Industrial combustions, UV radiation
(3) Forest fire, Lightning
(4) Lightning, UV radiation
Consider the following:
I Facilitation of uptake and utilization of calcium by plants
II. Cell elongation and cell differentiation
III. Nitrogen metabolism
IV. Carbohydrate translocation
V. Water splitting reaction in photosynthesis
The functions of Boron in plants will include:
1. I,II, III, IV
2. I, II, IV
3. II, III, IV
4. I, III, V
The reduction of absorbed nitrate occurs
(1) In leaves
(2) In roots
(3) In soil
(4) In air
Electrical nitrogen fixation leads to
(1) Formation of Nitrate
(2) Formation of Nitrite
(3) Formation of Ammonia
(4) Formation of Nitrogen
The main amino acid over which Transamination occurs.
(1) Glutamate
(2) Alanine
(3) Glycine
(4) Lysine