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Agriculture · Q90

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 90

Q90

Haemocyte with largest nucleus is

A.
Oenocytoid
B.
Plasmatocyte
C.
Prohaemocyte
Answer
D.
Granular haemocyte

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Haemocyte with the largest nucleus is Prohaemocyte.
The largest haemocyte type had an eccentric nucleus and a large cytoplasmic vacuole.
Prohaemocytes were the smallest cell type, spherical with a centrally located large nucleus.
The plasmatocytes were polymorphic with or without cytoplasmic extensions. The granulocytes were spherical or oval with characteristic basophilic granules in the cytoplasm.