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Cryptochrome is primarily a photoreceptor for which wavelength range?

Answer: B) Blue light (400–500 nm). For cryptochrome, remember the key idea and you’ll land on this option; the distractors usually swap cause and effect or confuse similar terms. Avoid: A) Red/far-red light; C) Green light; D) Infrared light. Name the process first, then pick the option that describes it — don’t reverse cause and effect.

Ref: Best CSIR NET Plant Physiology books: Master Unit 6 with Taiz & Zeiger and Salisbury & Ross. Crack Part C experimental questions with top textbooks.

Photoreceptors cryptochrome, phototropin and ZTL respond to:

Pick C: Blue/UV-A. Thinking through PSS-Sec-E-Sensory biology step by step rules out the lookalikes and leaves Blue/UV-A. Skip these: A) Red/Far-red; B) UV-B; D) Green light. For hormones and genes, match the molecule or gene to its real role, not a neighboring pathway.

Ref: Best CSIR NET Plant Physiology books: Master Unit 6 with Taiz & Zeiger and Salisbury & Ross. Crack Part C experimental questions with top textbooks.