Mineral NutritionHard
Question
In plants inulin and pectin are
Options
A.reerved food material
B.wastes
C.secretory material
D.insect attracting material
Solution
Inulin a polymer of fructose, is used as a food store, particularly in roots and tubers of family Compositae. Pectin is a mucopolysaccharide which is found in cell wall of plants. During the time of food ripening, the pectin becomes hydrolyze and gives rise the constituents of sugar.
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