Name: Fertilisers
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 31 s
Description: To grow a healthy crop along with water, nutrients are added to the soil in the form of fertilisers. Let us learn about these fertilisers in detail.

Question

What are the different types of heterotrophic nutrition in plants? Give two examples of each.

Accepted Answer

Some plants lack chlorophyll, they cannot prepare their own food. The mode of nutrition in which one organism depends on others to obtain nutrition is known as heterotrophic nutrition.

Heterotrophic nutrition is three types in plants.

Parasitic: Parasitic plants obtain their nutrient from other plants partially or completely. Example: Coralroot

Saprophytic: Saprophytic nutrition is where the organisms feed on dead and decaying matter. Example: Fungi

Insectivorous plants: Some plants grow in conditions where soil is deficient of nitrogen. These plants attract insects, trap them, and consume to fulfill their requirement. Example: Venus flytrap

What are the different types of heterotrophic nutrition in plants? Give two examples of each.

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