NEET Biology question

Biology Mineral Nutrition NEET

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You observe that a plant's younger leaves, not the older ones, are yellowing. You recall that the cause of plant sickness can be diagnosed by which leaves are yellowing. What is the most likely cause of your plant's blight?

(A)Too much shade
(B)Lack of nitrogen-fixing *Rhizobium* bacteria
(C)A deficiency in a mobile mineral nutrient
(D)A deficiency in a non-mobile mineral nutrientCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Deficiency symptoms of immobile elements (such as sulphur and calcium) appear first in the young tissues, since these elements are structural components that cannot be

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