Describe the mutualistic relationship that arbuscular mycorrhizae form with plants

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Approximately 80% or more of all land plants form a mutualistic relationship with arbuscular mycorrhizae. The hyphae of these fungi form swollen vesicle invaginations (or arbuscules) inside plants' roots. The surface area of the roots increases, which allows for the plants to obtain more nutrients in the soil. The arbuscular mycorrhizae (fungi) benefit from fixed carbon provided by the plant.

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

Which plant organelle stores solutes and plays a major role in maintaining turgor pressure?

a. nucleus b. cell wall c. chloroplast d. vacuole e. mitochondrion

Biology & Microbiology

Four of the five answers listed below are molluscan body features. Select the exception

a. gills b. head and foot c. mantle d. conspicuous segmentation e. radula

Biology & Microbiology

What physiological processes occur in response to an increase in blood pressure? What will be an ideal response?

Biology & Microbiology

As the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) begins to kill the host's _____________________, the host's immune system begins to fail.

a. liver cells b. RNA c. red blood cells d. DNA e. white blood cells

Biology & Microbiology