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Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (a) and Reason (r).
Assertion : The production of secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures is enhanced by the addition of elicitors.
Reason : Elicitors induce the expression of enzymes responsibie for the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.
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- Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) is false but (R) is true
Correct Option: D
Elicitors are compounds, which activate chemical defense in plants. Various biosynthetic biosynthetic pathways are activated in treated plants depending on the compound used. They are compounds that when introduced into a living organism signals the activation or synthesis of another compound. Thus (R) is true but (A) is false.
