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Agriculture · Q28

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 28

Q28

Molybdenum plays a major role in

A.
Nitrogen fixation
Answer
B.
Promoting flowering
C.
Chromosome condensation
D.
Carbon fixation

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Molybdenum plays a major role in Nitrogen fixation.
Mo is the component of meta-protein nitrogenase which helps the process of biological nitrogen fixation and acts as an essential component needed for N bacteria metabolism. The nitrogenase enzyme needs the Mo element in the process of its metabolism, which acts as an electron carrier between the oxidized and reduction stages.