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Agriculture · Q1007

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1007

Q1007

If roots of plant are removed and plant is placed in water, then what will be happen?

A.
Passive absorption will continue
Answer
B.
Imbibition will continue
C.
Active absorption will continue
D.
None of these

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
If the roots of the plant are removed and the plant is placed in water, then Passive absorption will continue to happen.
Passive transport is a type of membrane transport that does not require energy to move substances across cell membranes.
The rate of passive transport depends on the permeability of the cell membrane, which, in turn, depends on the organization and characteristics of the membrane lipids and proteins.