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Mycorrhiza generally occurs in :

  1. Alkaline soils

  2. Acidic soils

  3. Oligotrophic soils

  4. Eutrophic soils


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

They prefer marshy environment and utilize dead and decaying material as food. Oligotrophic soil ( in between layers) have the above mentioned requirements in good quantities.Thus, the fungi prefer the oligotrophic soil for their survival

 So, the correct answer is 'Oligotrophic soils'

In endomycorrhiza, the fungus is generally _________.

  1. Ascomycetes

  2. Zygomycetes

  3. Basidiomycetes

  4. Deuteromycetes


Correct Option: B

True symbiotic association between fungus and seed plant is

  1. Endomycorrhiza

  2. Ectomycorrhiza

  3. Helotism

  4. Commensalism


Correct Option: B

In mycorrhiza, the fungal hyphae 

  1. Remain restricted to the root surface.

  2. Remain restricted upto the root cortex.

  3. Pass into the root interior.

  4. Enter the root apex and reach all parts.


Correct Option: B

In mycorrhiza, the tips of fungal hyphae occur inside cortical cells in _______

  1. Ectomycorrhiza

  2. Endomycorrhiza

  3. Extomycorrhiza

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The cortex is only one cell thick and these cells are packed with fungal hyphae. The nutrient exchange between the fungus and plant takes place at this interface and is extremely efficient

Ectomycorrhiza is found in

  1. Several trees and shrubs of tropical areas

  2. Many vascular plants of tropical area

  3. Several trees and shrubs of temperate areas

  4. Small vascular plants


Correct Option: C

Fungal hyphae remain intercellular in

  1. Endomycorrhiza

  2. VAM

  3. Ectomycorrhiza

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: C

Plants growing in oligotrophic forest soils usually have

  1. Mycorrhiza

  2. Slow growth

  3. Reduced growth

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A

VAM is component of _________

  1. Ectomycorhiza

  2. Endomycorhiza

  3. Green manure

  4. Mycoherbicides


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The ectomycorrhiza is an association that takes place at the surface of the roots whereas the endomycorrizal fungi penetrate into the root cortex and form arbuscules within the root cells.

Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (VAM) is a fungus that penetrates the roots of a vascular plant and helps them to capture the nutrients from the soil. 
So, VAM is a component of endomycorhiza.

Mycorrhiza is helpful in

  1. Synthesis of food

  2. Getting nutrients from soil

  3. Providing resistance against different regulators

  4. Increase the fertility of soil


Correct Option: B