J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2007

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    A good example for organic fertilizer which improves phosphorus uptake is

    A)                  AM fungi                           

    B)                  Rhizobium

    C)                  Azospirillum                     

    D)                  None of these

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    In endophytic mycorrhiza, fungal hyphae are present inside or between the cells of cortex, act as biofertilizer. In many grasses and some other crops, the fungal hyphae penetrate to the cortical cells, which swell to form vesicles or arbuscules, called-Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM). It has significant role in phosphate nutrition in plants.


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