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Multiple choice botany nutrition in plants nutrition and its types types of nutrition in plants different modes of nutrition in plants

Pitcher plant Dischidia differs from Sarracenia and Nepenthes in.

  1. Sessile pitcher

  2. Absence of lid

  3. Absence of insect trapping

  4. Both B and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Dischidia is a sessile pitcher plant similar to nepenthes & sarracenia. It differs from nepenthes and sarracenia because it's pitcher is not having lids and the absence of insect trapping as it is a myrmecophilic plant and an epiphyte.

So, the correct answer is 'Both B and C'. 

Multiple choice botany nutrition in plants nutrition and its types types of nutrition in plants different modes of nutrition in plants

A partial root parasite is

  1. Balanophora

  2. Rafflesia

  3. Santalum

  4. Dipterocarpus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Santalum album is a partial root parasite because it photosynthesizes its own food, but taps the roots of other species for water and inorganic nutrients. So it depends only partially on the host.
So, the correct option is 'Santalum'.