Question

Mycorrhizae have a symbiotic relationship with plants. List three benefits to the plant of this relationship.

Answer 1

Mycorrhizae is s symbiotic association of fungi with roots of the higher plants. It comes under mutualism type of population interaction as both partners are benefited from the association. The benefits of this association for plants include

1) the fungi help the plant in absorption of mineral nutrients specially phosphorus

2) increase tolerance of plants to different environmental stress

3) the plant where mycorrhizae is present that plants are normally more disease resistance as it protects the plant from soil born pathogen.