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ISBN: 9781947172517

Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher: OpenStax

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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.

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Chapter 24, Problem 30CTQ

Ecologists often attempt to introduce new plants to restore degraded land. In an arid climate, scientists recommend introducing plants with arbuscular mycorrhizae. How would the mycorrhizae increase the plants’ survival compared to plants without mycorrhizae?

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Biology 2e

Ch. 24 - Figure 24.14 Which of the following statements is...Ch. 24 - Figure 24.17 Which of the following statements is...Ch. 24 - Figure 24.21 If symbiotic fungi are absent from...Ch. 24 - Which polysaccharide is usually found in the cell...Ch. 24 - Which of these organelles is not found in a fungal...Ch. 24 - The wall dividing individual cells in a fungal...Ch. 24 - During sexual reproduction, a homothallic mycelium...Ch. 24 - The life cycles of perfect fungi are most similar...Ch. 24 - The most primitive phylum of fungi is the...Ch. 24 - Members of which phylum produce a club shaped...

Ch. 24 - Members of which phylum establish a successful...Ch. 24 - The fungi that do not reproduce sexually used to...Ch. 24 - A scientist discovers a new species of fungus that...Ch. 24 - What term describes the close association of a...Ch. 24 - Why are fungi important decomposers? They produce...Ch. 24 - Consider an ecosystem where all the fungi not...Ch. 24 - A fungus that climbs up a tree reaching higher...Ch. 24 - A fungal infection that affects nails and skin is...Ch. 24 - The targets for anti-fungal drugs are much more...Ch. 24 - Yeast is a facultative anaerobe. This means that...Ch. 24 - The advantage of yeast cells over bacterial cells...Ch. 24 - Why are fungal insecticides an attractive...Ch. 24 - What are the evolutionary advantages for an...Ch. 24 - Compare plants, animals, and fungi, considering...Ch. 24 - Why is the large surface area of the mycelium...Ch. 24 - What is the advantage for a basidiomycete to...Ch. 24 - For each of the four groups of perfect fungi...Ch. 24 - Why does protection from light actually benefit...Ch. 24 - Ambrosia bark beetles carry Amb/os/e//a fungal...Ch. 24 - Ecologists often attempt to introduce new plants...Ch. 24 - Why can superficial mycoses in humans lead to...Ch. 24 - Explain how the Red Queen Hypothesis describes the...Ch. 24 - Historically, artisanal breads were produced by...Ch. 24 - How would treating an area of a forest with a...

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