Multiple choice

Plant senescence is the process of aging in plants. Which of the following senescences is observed in monocarpic plants?

  1. Whole plant senescence

  2. Sequential senescence

  3. Shoot senescence

  4. Synchronous senescence

  5. Programmed senescence
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Explanation

In plants such as wheat, rice, gram and mustard the plants die after seed production. This is also observed in monocarpic plants which live for several years but flower only once in their life time as in sago palm and bamboos.

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