Plant Defense And Biodiversity Study Questions PDF
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This document contains study questions on plant defense mechanisms, infection types, and biodiversity related to plants. It covers topics such as basal resistance, specific resistance, and various plant adaptations.
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17 - Plant Defense and Biodiversity Study Questions: 1) What is a plant’s first line of defense against infection? 2) What is the difference between a virulent and avirulent infection in a plant, and which parts of the plant immune system have to succeed and which parts have to fail in order for eac...
17 - Plant Defense and Biodiversity Study Questions: 1) What is a plant’s first line of defense against infection? 2) What is the difference between a virulent and avirulent infection in a plant, and which parts of the plant immune system have to succeed and which parts have to fail in order for each kind of infection to occur? 3) What is the difference between basal resistance and specific resistance? 4) What is a hypersensitive immune response to infection by a plant? 5) Against what type of pathogen are siRNAs effective, and how do they work? 6) What is the difference between biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens? 7) How have plants evolved to resist herbivory? 8) Why do plants modulate some of their defenses? 9) How does species density impact biodiversity? 10) What are the major differences between bryophytes, lycophytes & ferns, conifers, and angiosperms, and what are the major evolutionary adaptations of each group?
