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What is the main focus of plant physiology?
Functioning of plants
Which field is closely related to plant physiology?
Cell biology
What are the fundamental processes studied by plant physiologists?
Photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition
Which subdiscipline of plant physiology focuses on the biochemistry of plants?
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At what levels of scale are the processes studied in plant physiology?
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What is the main source of energy for plants?
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Which organisms form the clade Viridiplantae?
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What is the approximate number of known plant species?
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What is the primary pigment used by plants in photosynthesis?
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What do parasitic plants that have lost the genes for chlorophyll and photosynthesis use to obtain energy?
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