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प्रश्न
Define biofertilizers. Give two types of fungal biofertilizers
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उत्तर
Definition : The biofertilizers are mostly nitrogen-fixing microbes which enrich soil with nutrients. Mycorrhiza is a fungus. It forms symbiotic association with the roots of higher plants. There are two types ; Ectomycorrhiza, Endomycorrhiza.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Find out the role of microbes in the following:
Soil
What is a heterocyst?
Your advice is sought to improve the nitrogen content of the soil to be used for cultivation of a non-leguminous terrestrial crop.
- Recommend two microbes that can enrich the soil with nitrogen.
- Why do leguminous crops not require such enrichment of the soil?
State any three benefits of Biofertilizers.
Identify the CORRECT statement regarding Mycorrhiza.
Match the Column I (Organisms) with the Column II (Products they produce) and select the correct option.
| Column I | Column II | ||
| i. | Lactobacillus | p. | Cheese |
| ii. | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | q. | Curd |
| iii. | Aspergillus niger | r. | Citric Acid |
| iv | Acetobacter aceti | s. | Bread |
| t. | Acetic Acid |
Blue green algae are used as bio fertilizers because they ____________.
Which one of the following is not a biofertilizer?
Mycorrhiza does not help the host plant in ______.
Why are blue green algae not popular as biofertilisers?
