Sponsor Area
Mineral Nutrition
Question
Which pigment is present in the root nodules of legumes ?
Solution
Leghaemoglobin.
Question
Name the best known symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacterium.
Solution
Rhizobium.
Question
What type of condition is created by leghaemoglobin in the root modules of legumes ?
Solution
Anaerobic.
Question
How is nitrogenase enzyme protected ?
Solution
The nitrogenase enzyme is very sensitive to the molecular oxygen. It requires anaerobic conditions to work. The leg-haemoglobin in the nodule acts as an oxygen scavenger just meainting the anaerobic condition needed by the enzyme.
Sponsor Area
Mock Test Series
Mock Test Series