In vascular plants, the phloem transports photoassimilates through sieve tube elements, which are connected by perforated sieve plates. When a plant experiences mechanical wounding or pathogen attack, it rapidly deposits callose—a -1,3-glucan polymer—around these perforations. Researchers led by Dr. Evelyn Vance studied *Arabidopsis thaliana* mutants lacking the callose synthase gene *CalS7*. The team observed that while wild-type plants completely sealed their sieve plates within twenty minutes of a puncture wound, the *cals7* mutants showed no callose deposition at the wound site even after two hours. Surprisingly, however, the rate of photoassimilate translocation in the wounded *cals7* mutants decreased by only compared to pre-wound levels, indicating that callose deposition is not the sole mechanism restricting transport after injury.
Based on the text, what is true of the *cals7* mutants studied by Vance's team?
- AThey completely sealed their sieve plates via callose deposition two hours after receiving a wound.
- BThey suffered a total cessation of photoassimilate transport because they lacked the *CalS7* gene.
- They experienced a decrease in their rate of photoassimilate translocation following injury.Cevap
- DThey exhibited no callose deposition at the wound site until two hours had passed.