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Agriculture · Q590

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 590

Q590

Match the following: Plant Habit Plant Name a. Short Day Plant 1. Phaseolus vulgare (kidney bean) b. Long Day Plant 2. Beta vulgaris (sugar beet) c. Intermediate Plant 3. Glycine max (Soybean) d. Day Neutral Plant 4. Media ilegans (Tarweed)

Match the following:
Plant Habit Plant Name
a. Short Day Plant 1. Phaseolus vulgare (kidney bean)
b. Long Day Plant 2. Beta vulgaris (sugar beet)
c. Intermediate Plant 3. Glycine max (Soybean)
d. Day Neutral Plant 4. Media ilegans (Tarweed)
A.
a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B.
a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
Answer
C.
a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
D.
a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
a. Short-day plant is Glycine max (Soybean). Short-day plant flowers by lengthening the dark period. Soybean flowers as the days start to get shorter and the nights get longer.
b. Long day plant is Beta Vulgaris. Long-day plants are Plants that respond to the excess critical limit of day length.
c. Intermediate plant is Media elegans. Intermediate-life plants are plants that have a growth and production cycle exceeding one year, but less than those of trees and vines.
d. Day neutral plants is Phaseoulus vulgare. These are plants that flower regardless of the length of the period of light it is exposed to.