AIIMS 2008
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Transport in Plants
AIIMS 2008 · Botany · Transport in Plants
Assertion : Light is one of the important factor in transpiration....
Assertion : Light is one of the important factor in transpiration.
Reason : It induces stomatal opening and closing. Therefore, transpiration increases in light and decreases in dark.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Step-by-step solution
Light has got no direct effect on the rate of transpiration but indirectly it affects the rate in two ways firstly by controlling the stomatal opening and secondly by affecting the temperature. With the increase in the light intensity the rate of transpiration increases because the stomata get opened and the temperature increases. The rate of transpiration increases markedly in light and decreases in dark. There is a close relationship between the opening of stomata and presence of light.one of the raw materials for photosynthesis, its concentration affects the rate of photosynthesis markedly. Because of its very low concentration in atmosphere per cent only) it acts as a limiting factor in natural photosynthesis.