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phot1 mutant shows:

Answer: B) Poor accumulation response. For Phototropin+All, remember the key idea and you’ll land on this option; the distractors usually swap cause and effect or confuse similar terms. Avoid: A) Normal accumulation and avoidance; C) Loss of avoidance response; D) No phototropism. 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.

In darkness, phototropin kinase activity is:

Pick C: Inhibited. Thinking through Phototropin+All step by step rules out the lookalikes and leaves Inhibited. Skip these: A) Activated; B) Unchanged; D) Degraded. 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.