Question

The characters derived from measurement of analytic characters is known as

• A. Analytical characters
• B. Synthetic characters
• C. Qualitative characters
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B Synthetic characters

Answer is option B i.e."Synthetic characters"
These are characters seen in plant community. The analytical characters are directly observed in the field while the synthetic characters are based upon the data obtained for the analytical characters. Synthetic characters are used for comparing the vegetation of different areas and plant community comparison. Such characters include: frequency of plant, inter-specific association index, index of similarity, dominance index, diversity index etc.