Question

When would maintaining high proteinase inhibitor concentrations in plant tissues be problematic?

Answer 1

Maintaining high proteinase inhibitor concentrations in plant tissues would be problematic when there would be no herbivores present.

Explanation:

• Maintaining high proteinase inhibitor concentrations in plant tissues would be problematic when there would be no herbivores present.
• Proteinase inhibitors are found in plants belonging to a variety of systematic groups
• Proteinase inhibitors (PI) are there present in the plant tissues, especially in seeds
• The food chain would become limited to producers, suppliers and decomposers.
• This mite is present in agricultural soils and participatesin the process of organic matter for decomposition.
• for the above reason it will be exposed to the PI .