Describe beneficial and harmful ways in which microorganisms interact with agricultural crops

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Certain microbes are beneficial to crops when they produce nutrients (e.g., NH4+, SO42-) usable by a crop from a substrate that was unusable. Other microbes can cause diseases in plants, much like pathogens cause disease in humans.

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How many ATP are made in glycolysis?

A. Two ATP are made. B. Four ATP are made. C. Two ATP are made, but two are consumed for a net gain of zero. D. Four ATP are made, but two are consumed for a net gain of two.

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Which cells typically have cell cycles lasting several months?

a) mammalian liver tissue b) cells in a cleaving frog embryo c) nerve cells d) both cells in a cleaving embryo and mammalian embryo cells e) mammalian embryo cells

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Carbohydrates are used by our cell organelles called ________________ to perform respiration and produce a molecule of energy called_________________.

a. ribosomes and DNA b. Mitochondria, ATP c. Nucleus,ATP d. Mitochondria , DNA

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Where do exocytic secretory vesicles originate?

a. endoplasmic reticulum b. plasma membrane c. the Golgi complex d. lysosomes e. microbodies

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