Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Which of the following is non-symbiotic biofertilizer?

    A)  VAM     

    B)  Azotobacter

    C)  Anabaena         

    D)  Rhizobium

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Free-living   (non-symbiotic)   bacteria like Azotobacter   and   Bacillus   polymyxa   fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to crop plants.  VAM (Vascular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) is an endosymbiosis between fungi and roots of higher plants. Anabaena is a cyanobacterium (blue-green algae) which live solitary or in association with other plant and caniix atmospheric nitrogen. Rhizobium   bacterium   makes   symbiotic association with leguminous plants.


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