Mineral Nutrition Question 43
43. The function of leg haemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is :
(a) inhibition of nitrogenase activity
(b) oxygen removal
(c) nodule differentiation
(d) expression of nif gene
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Answer : b
Hints & Solution
(b) Leghaemoglobin is the haemoglobin like red pigment found in root nodules of legumes and reported to function as an oxygen-carrying pigment in symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
