Plant Physiology - Musienko M.M. 2001

Physiology of Secretion and Excretion in Plants
Review Questions and Tasks

1. Define The concepts of "secretion" and "excretion".

2. Into which groups are the products released by a plant Organism or Cell classified?

3. Name the known Mechanisms of Substance excretion.

4. Characterize merocrine, apocrine, and holocrine secretion.

5. How does The transport of granules along the microfilament and microtubule System of the Cytoskeleton occur?

6. What External secretory structures do you know in plants?

7. Explain how nectar secretion takes place.

8. What is the function of Internal Secretory Structures?

9. Characterize the Excretory Function of The ROOT System.

10. Describe The phenomenon of allelopathy.

11. What is the Chemical Nature of Volatile Plant Emissions?



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