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Define biofertilizers. Give two types of fungal biofertilizers
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Solution
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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