Question

Identify the CORRECT statement regarding Ectomycorrhizae.

Options

• They form vesiculo arbuscular mycorrhizae

• They increase absorptive surface area of roots that accelerates uptake of water and nutrients.

• They grow in between and within the cortical cells of roots.

• They form arbuscules intracellularly.

Answer 1

They increase absorptive surface area of roots that accelerates uptake of water and nutrients.

Explanation:

Vesiculo Arbuscular Mycorrhizae are a type of endomycorrhizae (YAM). Roots have endomycorrhizae that grow between and within their cortical cells. Intracellularly, endomycorrhizae form finely branching arbuscules.