Suggest how do plants benefit from mowing? (3marks)?

Answer 1

I'm assuming that you are referring to grass, as flowering plants are not best pleased to be mowed. As grass gets longer it shades the lower parts of the plant, this means that they receive less light and so do not photosynthesis as well. Without this photosynthesis all the plants energy has to be supplied by the top part of the plant and so less energy is available for growing, by mowing the lawn you are stopping any shading and all of the plant is in the sunlight allowing more energy to be spent on growing, the lawn will also be greener and look better as in longer grass the unused chlorophyll at the bottom of the plant will yellow in the absence of light

Answer 2

Grass is mowed and can be mowed because it has a basal meristem, and as such is not killed as it would be if the mersitem was at the tip, as is the case with most plants.

However, it is of no benefit to the plant as the plant wants to produce flower and spread its seeds. Mowing in the main prevents this from occurring.

Answer 3

grass doesn't benefit from mowing it tolerates it, due to the presence of intercalery meristems, the plants reduced ability to photosynthesise is off set by tillering (new shoots from the base of the plant) which produces a denser sward, under the height of the mower therefore a greater leaf area index (LAI)

Answer 4

You don't mow plants...You mow grass

Answer 5

grass does !!! plants no ????? three marks how ?