What are the advantages of mycorrhizal associaation?

Q: Mycorrhiza is an example of what?

A: Mycorrhiza is an interaction between the fungus and higher plant roots where, the plant root…

Q: Why did we soak our root nodules in bleach or alcohol before isolating rhizobia from them?

A: INTRODUCTION Rhizobia : It is a nitrogen fixing bacteria seen in plants.

Q: Why are cynobateria used in agricultural fields of crop improvement?

A: Cyanobacteria are nitrogen fixing bacteria and this can be achieved by a structure known as…

Q: What do you mean by mycorrhiza?

A: Fungi are a group of organisms such as yeast, molds and mushrooms. Although they share some common…

Q: How do fungi threaten global wheat production?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that include microorganisms like yeasts and molds, as well as the…

Q: How do mycorrhizae function as biofertilisers? Explain with example.

A: Mycorrhizal association is a mutual relationship between the mycorrhizae (soil fungi) and plant…

Q: What are diseases caused by phycomycetes?

A: Phycomycetes organisms are the saprophytic organisms found throughout the world in soil, air, animal…

Q: Ecologists often attempt to introduce new plants to restore degraded land. In an arid climate,…

A: Step 1 Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and the root of a plant. The…

Q: What is the public health importance of Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora?

A: the public health importance of Cryptosporidium and Cyclospora : Cryptosporidium parvum causes acute…

Q: Why is Sphagnum often used to ship items that must be kept moist?

A: The genus Sphagnum covers around 380 species of mosses. These species are often called “peat moss”.…

Q: What are endomycorrhizae and beneficial microorganisms; what are their functions?

A: Microorganisms, a huge network of microscopic and unseen creatures that pervade our planet's soil,…

Q: What characteristic of charales would enable them to survive a dry spell?

A: As of not long ago, all photosynthetic eukaryotes were delegated individuals from the realm Plantae.…

Q: What is apomixis and what is its importance?

A: The term Apomixis was introduced by Winkler in the year 1908.

Q: What Can Genomic Analysisof a Mycorrhizal FungusReveal About MycorrhizalInteractions?

A: Fungi are a unicellular microorganism which is found cosmopolitan in distribution. Most of the fungi…

Q: How does the Amoeba respond to nutrient broth?

A: Microbiology is a branch of biology that deals with the microorganism. Micro means small and ology…

Q: What is the relative size of Penicillium hyphae compared with Rhizopus hyphae?

A: Penicillium hyphae are septate while Rhizopus hyphae is both septate and aseptate

Q: In a clinical laboratory we are interested in recovering a pathogenic fungus. What is the middle of…

A: Fungi are an industrially important yet understudied category of creatures. The fungus has evolved a…

Q: In mycorrhizal associations with plants what are the structures produced by VAM fungi and…

A: The study of tiny living creatures such as bacteria, viruses, fungus, algae, and protozoa is known…

Q: h) How do you think Planaria actually DO the regeneration? What might be happening to their cells?…

A: Planaria  Flat worms with ability to regenerate.  Classified in the platyhelminths plylum or…

Q: How does the fungus Glomus aid the acquisition of nutrients byplants?

A: The genus Glomus belongs to group Glorneromycota. The members of this group form small group of…

Q: What is lichenification? What does this indicate? Is there any treatment

A: Skin is the only largest organ system in the human body. The total surface area accounted for by the…

Q: Mycorrhizae is the example of?

A: The symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant that is mutual is more commonly known as…

Q: What is the movement of fungal hyphae towards sugar and peptones known as?

A: When any external stimuli like gravity,water,light,contact or chemicals induces movements of…

Q: Which of the following is the smallest living cell and can live without oxygen? (a) Mycoplasma (b)…

A: The pathway where glucose is broken down into molecules in the absence of oxygen to generate energy…

Q: Why would it be disadvantageous for a plant to form a symbiotic relationship with a mycorrhizal…

A: Symbiotic relationship involves two different organisms are interacting in close physical…

Q: Is Physarum unicellular?

A: A unicellular organism is also known as a single-celled organism. The unicellular organisms consist…

Q: Describe the important ecological role of mycorrhiza.

A: Mycorrhizae known as fungus roots are mutualistic symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants.

Q: What are the ectomycorrhizae?

A: Fungi are saprophytes and ingestive in their mode of nutrition. They cannot synthesise their own…

Q: What are soil borne diseases and how to control them?

A: Soil is a reservoir for nutrients and water which are taken up by plants for their growth and…

Q: How do rhizobial root nodules benefit a plant?

A: Rhizobial root nodule Legume plants contain root nodules. These nodules symbiotically associate with…

Q: what are the similarities between bacteroid and typical rhizobium?

A: Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The microorganisms…

Q: What is the survival value of encytment

A: The unicellular eukaryotes are single-celled organisms with nucleus, mitochondria, and other…

Q: What does Rhizobium get from its host legume? What does the legume get from its Rhizobium?

A: The two components that are mentioned in the query are a part of a symbiotic relationship in which…

Q: How do paramecium reproduce.

A: Paramecium is a microscopic, single celled free living aquatic protozoans. They are present in both…

Q: What is the advantage for a basidiomycete to produce a showy and fleshy fruiting body?

A: Basidiomycetes are fungus that generate basidiospores, which are sexual spores. The spores are…

Q: What are mycorrhizas? How does each participant benefit in this ecological interaction?

A: In an ecological niche, there is no such habitat where only one species can survive alone. Every…

Q: Endomycorrhiza of forest trees contributes to the efficient nutrient cycling in tropical forest…

A: Endo mycorrhizae refer to the type of close relationship between a plant and root fungi in which the…

Q: What components of wood must be degraded for its turnover by the wood-rotting fungi?

A: Fungi are Eukaryotic organisms that includes mushrooms and microorganisms like yeast and molds. They…

Q: What are osprey and why is DDT harmful to them?

A: Pesticides and fertilisers are the major factors that cause soil pollution. It not just affect the…

Q: Differentiate between ectomycorrhiza and endomycorrhiza.

A: Fungi are the most abundant organisms on Earth. They are the spore-producing organisms that mostly…

Q: Which of the following is true of mychrrhizae?   1. The fungal hyphae of ectomycorrhizae form…

A: Given: The symbiotic association of a fungus with the roots of higher plants (gymnosperm and…

Q: What are the conditions necessary for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by Rhizobium? What is…

A: Rhizobium is the gram negative bacteria found in the soil .  It is the symbiotic bacteria that forms…

Q: What is a mycorrhizal association? What benefit does the plant derive from the association?

A: Symbiosis is the coexistence of one or more organisms. Partnerships for mutual benefit are referred…

Q: Which of the following statements is true regarding mycorrhizal relationships?     this…

A: Symbiosis is the interaction in which there are found mutual relationship between two organisms.

Q: Why are some mycotic diseases of humans called opportunistic mycoses?

A: Fungi, which can be found in numerous forms in the environment, cause mycotic diseases. Many fungi…

Q: How do soil bacteria and mycorrhizae contribute to plantnutrition?

A: Bacteria are prokaryotic organisms that have an undefined nucleus and nuclear membrane. Most of the…

Q: How do plants benefit from symbiotic associations with bacteria? With fungi?

A: Introduction: Biofertilizers are organisms that enrich the nutrient quality of soil. The main…

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.