1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Biology
  4. Assertion (A) Five kingdom system of classification did not differentiated between the heterotrophic group, fungi and the autotrophic green plants. Though they showed a characteristic difference in their cell wall composition. Reason (R) Fungal cell wall contains chitin, while green plants have a cellulosic cell wall.

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. Assertion (A) Five kingdom system of classification did not differentiated between the heterotrophic group, fungi and the autotrophic green plants. Though they showed a characteristic difference in their cell wall composition.
Reason (R) Fungal cell wall contains chitin, while green plants have a cellulosic cell wall.

Biological Classification

Solution:

Assertion is false, but Reason is true. Assertion can be corrected as Five kingdom classification has proposed by RH Whittaker. The classification differentiated between the heterotrophic group, fungi and the autotrophic green plants, as they showed a characteristic difference in their wall composition-the fungi had chitin, while the green plants had cellulose in their cell walls. Thus, he placed them in separate kingdoms.