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Agriculture · Q784

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 784

Q784

Prussic acid is more in Sorghum

A.
In the drought sriken and 2nd growth plants
Answer
B.
Sorghum crop under normal condition at boot stage
C.
After 35 days
D.
Seedling stage

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Prussic acid is hydrocyanic acid or cyanide. It is a rapidly acting lethal toxin. It inhibits oxygen utilization by the animal at the cellular level resulting in suffocation.
Prussic is formed in sorghum when the leaf tissues are ruptured by grazing or chopping, hence it is found more in the drought stricken and 2nd growth of plants.