Biological Classification MCQs for NEET — Botany Questions with Answers

(b) Chlorella is an attractive potential food source now-a-days because it is high in protein and other essential nutrients. When dried, it contains about 45% protein, 20% fat, 20% carbohydrate, 5% fibre and 10% minerals along with vitamines. It is mainly used as a food supplement for astronauts.

(c) Nosema was discovered by PAsture (1865) causing chronic disease pebrine in silkworms and nosema disease in honeybees.

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9.2.2 Plant Breeding For Disease Resistance

Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production

Probiotics are live microorganisms (bacteria or yeasts) that are beneficial for human health, especially for maintaining a healthy gut flora. They are often referred to as 'good' or 'friendly' bacteria and are commonly consumed as dietary supplements or found in fermented foods like yogurt, kefir, and kombucha.

According to the NCERT text, 'Members of phycomycetes... The mycelium is aseptate and coenocytic.'

The NCERT text states, 'The asexual spores are conidia produced exogenously on the special mycelium called conidiophores' for Ascomycetes.

The text identifies Ascomycetes as 'Commonly known as sac-fungi' and mentions 'rar ely unicellular, e.g., yeast (Saccharomyces)'.

The NCERT states regarding Basidiomycetes, 'The basidiospores are exogenously produced on the basidium'.

Deuteromycetes are 'Commonly known as imperfect fungi because only the asexual or vegetative phases of these fungi are known'.

For Basidiomycetes, the text mentions, 'plasmogamy is brought about by fusion of two vegetative or somatic cells of different strains or genotypes. The resultant structure is dikaryotic'.