How is the communication that occurs between a rhizobium and a leguminous plant similar to that occurring between Vibrio species? How does it differ?

Q: Could Bryophytes, even though they lack vascular plant components (xylem and phloem), ever manage to…

A: Anatomy and physiology are the branches of biology, and anatomy deals with the study of the…

Q: What is primary meristen with its example?

A: Meristem is a kind of tissue found in plants and is also known as meristematic tissues. Meristematic…

Q: Cactus leaves are so highly modified for defense that they cannot effectively accomplish…

A: Photosynthesis is the process by which Green plants and organisms carbon dioxide and sunlight to…

Q: Which of the following is not an adaptation found in most species of land plants? Select one: O A.…

A: Adaptation of organisms is the adjust to new environments or to changes in their current…

Q: Why are the fertile appendages of Equisetum called sporangiophores instead of sporophylls?

A: Equisetum is also know as horsetail.  It is an herbaceous perennial , seedless vascular plant. It…

Q: Suppose that the mutation of an ascomycete changed its life cycle so that plasmogamy, karyogamy, and…

A: Plasmogamy is a stage in the “sexual reproduction” of fungi, in which the protoplasm of two-parent…

Q: How is the mycorrhizal association helpful in absorption of water and minerals in plants?

A: The mycorrhizal association is a specialized "symbiotic relationship" between a fungus and the roots…

Q: What makes the haplodiplontic life cycle of bryophytes different from tracheophytes?

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Q: What is the economic importance of bryophytes?

A: Bryophytes are non-vascular small plants like liverworts, hornworts, and mosses. Bryophytes are…

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A: Plant morphology is a branch of botany, which deals with study of external forms and features of…

Q: What is geotropism?

A: Plant tropism is a biological phenomenon, which indicate the directional movement of plants in…

Q: Which of the following is not characteristic of Monilophyta? Select one: A. multicellular archegonia…

A: Pteridophytes are vascular plants having inconspicuous gametophyte and sporophytic plant bodies.…

Q: What is the role of cork cambium?

A: Cork cambium is one of the defined layers of the bark of the vascular plants. It functions to add to…

Q: How is the phloem of the flax plant involved in making clothing?

A: Introduction: Plant's are perhaps the most valuable plant materials that is  utilized for fabric,…

Q: How do high nitrogen environments affect the relationship between clovers and rhizobia?

A: Plants cannot directly use the atmospheric nitrogen, so some plants belonging to the legumenous…

Q: Biotic Factors like a fungus affect grasshopers? and how does it?

A: Biotic and abiotic factors has played major role in control of insect population. Abiotic factors…

Q: What are the phytochemical that can be found in rattan plant?

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Q: How would you design an experiment to determine whether onespecies of endophyte or some combination…

A: In order to test if a species reacted positively to the presence of endophytes or not one would need…

Q: Are the "leafy" (photosynthetic) portion of the moss of the sporophyte or gametophyte generation?…

A: Mosses are found in the phylum bryophytes. Bryophytes are also known as amphibian of the plant…

Q: How are mycorrhizae and root nodules similar? How are they different?

A: MYCORRHIZAE:- Mutualism between roots and fungus which absorbs phosphorous for the plant.…

Q: _______attach mosses to soil. a. Rhizoids c. Roots b. Rhizomes d. Strobili

A: Step 1 Bryophytes are non-vascular embryophytes that are characterized by the presence of an…

Q: How does the sporophyte stage difer from the gametophyte stage in a lowering plant?

A: Answer- Each plant have two type of stages called as gametophytic and sporophytic stages in the…

Q: Why are calotropis plants not browsed by herbivores?

A: Calotropis or giant milkweed plant is a poisonous plant. It belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae.

Q: What is produced in the capsule of a moss?

A: Plants are majorly divided into 2 types they are vascular plants and on vascular plants. Non…

Q: On a local scale, why are sowbugs commonly found in some places but not others?

A: Sowbugs and their occurrence in limited environment :-

Q: Name the bind of interaction present between the nodulated roots&rhizobium.

A: On earth, different kinds of species live together. In a particular area, different species live…

Q: How do bryophytes get water?

A: Bryophytes are non vascular seed plants that inhabit moist regions. They include mosses, hornworts…

Q: What parts of the kelp are the frond, pneumatocyst and stipe?

A: Brown algae belong to a large group of multicellular algae that are present mostly in cold waters.…

Q: What are the economic and environmental impacts if agarwood become extinct? Provide examples on how…

A: Natural agarwood is now very valuable and costly. It can be 100 times higher than artificial…

Q: How does Blue Hubbard Squash help beneficial insects and help reduce pesticide use?

A: Conventional pest management against cucumber beetles (members of two genera of beetles, Diabrotica…

Q: How do mycorrhizae improve the growth of trees?In what way(s) are the root nodule and…

A: Mutualism or symbiosis is an obligatory relationship in which both species are benefited from the…

Q: Compare the generalized life cycles of homosporous and heterosporousplants.

A: Those pteridophyte plants process only a single type of spores and are known as Homosporous plants…

Q: What is the root system of the ff. Mammillaria sp. Philodendron erubescens Phoradendron sp.…

A: Roots are the part of the plant that grow underground and absorb water and Minerals from the soil.…

Q: Which of the following is an adaptation thatenhances the uptake of water and minerals byroots?(A)…

A: Plants are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae. The parts of plants are stems, flowers,…

Q: How does the sporophyte generation of the moss acquire nutrients if it is not photosynthetic?

A: Mosses are small, non vascular plants in the division of bryophyta. Moss have sporophytic generation…

Q: What might prevent an endophytic fungus from reaping the benefits from a grass without providing a…

A: Symbiosis refers to the living arrangements that are set up between members of two different…

Q: What are the root system of:  -Pistia stratiotes -Calotropis gigantea -Gloriosa superba -Ficus…

A: The underground part of the vascular plant is known as the root. The main functions of the roots are…

Q: Can bryophytes reduce the rate at whichkey nutrients are lost from soils?

A: Soil can be defined as the major source of nutrients required by the plants for growth. The three…

Q: What do sclereids, fibers tracheids, and vessel elements have in common, compared to parenchyma,…

A: Plants are eukaryotic organism and belong to the Plantae kingdom. Plants are autotrophs and can…

Q: What are the types ofplant geotropisms? Why dothe stem and the root presentopposite geotropisms?

A: All plants come under the kingdom Plantae. They are eukaryotes, multicellular, and having cell…

Q: Why are bryophytes considered as primary source of water?

A: Bryophytes are a casual gathering comprising of three divisions of non-vascular land plants: the…

Q: Does the palisade mesophyll or the spongy mesophyll have a greater role to play in transpiration?…

A: Main role of mesophyll cells is to carry out the process of photosynthesis as they have large number…

Q: Are the “leafy” (photosynthetic) portions of the moss part of the sporophyte or gametophyte…

A: Mosses are the multicellular organisms containing photosynthetic parts(leafy parts) like the plants.…

Soil Ecosystem

Soil provides a habitat or living environment for a large number of different species of organisms as well as plants. It provides all the essential nutrients and minerals for plants to grow. All these together form the soil ecosystem.