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use the following functional groups to answer the following questions: a. Cool-season grasses b. Warm-season annual grass c. warm-season perennial grass d. all warm-season grasses e. Perennial legumes f. Brassicas g. All forbs h. All forage plants 1) Which plant group(s) loses recently-fixed CO2 through photorespiration? 2) Which plant group(s) loses recently-fixed CO2 through (dark) respiration? 3) Which plant group(s) transpires less water per unit Dry Matter (DM) produced by photosynthesis? 4) Which grass group(s) requires less soil Nitrogen (N) per unit (DM) produced by photosynthesis? 5) Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as fructan? 6) Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as starch? 7) Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as Sucrose?
Explanation / Answer
1)
Which plant group(s) loses recently-fixed CO2 through photorespiration?
Answer: cool season grsses
2)
Which plant group(s) loses recently-fixed CO2 through (dark) respiration?
Answer: Warm-season annual grass
3)
Which plant group(s) transpires less water per unit Dry Matter (DM) produced by photosynthesis?
Answer: warm-season perennial grass
4)
Which grass group(s) requires less soil Nitrogen (N) per unit (DM) produced by photosynthesis?
Answer: all warm-season grasses
5)
Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as fructan?
Perennial legumes
6)
Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as starch?
Answer: Brassicas
7)
Which plant group(s) stores surplus carbohydrates as Sucrose?
All forbs
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