Question 126

(Multiple Choice)

How may a plant respond to severe heat stress?


A)by reorienting leaves to increase evaporative cooling
B)by creating air tubes for ventilation
C)by initiating a systemic acquired resistance response
D)by increasing the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids in cell membranes, reducing their fluidity
E)by producing heat-shock proteins, which may protect the plant's proteins from denaturing

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