NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Mineral Nutrition In Plants

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    Which of the following is non-symbiotic biofertilizer? [AIPMT 1998]

    A) VAM

    B) Azotobacter

    C) Anabaena

    D) Rhizobium

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [B] Free-living (non-symbiotic) bacteria like Azotobacter and Bacillus polymyxa fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to crop plants. YAM (Vascular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) is an endosymbiosis between fungi and roots of higher plants. Anabaenu is a cyanobactcrium (blue-green algae) which live solitary or in association with other plant and can fix atmospheric N2-fihizobium bacterium makes symbiotic association with leguminous plants.


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