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NEET 2003
Exam
NEET
Year
2003
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Mineral Nutrition

NEET 2003 · Botany · Mineral Nutrition

Which one of the following mineral elements plays an important role...

Which one of the following mineral elements plays an important role in biological nitrogen fixation?

Options

  1. Acopper
  2. Bmanganese
  3. Czinc
  4. Dmolybdenum

Correct answer

D. molybdenum

Step-by-step solution

Molybdenum is a micronutrient specifically for plants that form root nodules with nitrogenfixing bacteria, though plants that do not form nodules also use trace amounts of it in a protein involved with nitrogen metabolism and uptake. Related Theory The main functions of leghaemoglobin are (1) to facilitate oxygen supply to the nitrogen fixing bacteria and (2) to protect the enzyme, nitrogenase from being inactivated by oxygen.
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