Question

9. Cuscuta is yellowish thread like structure, without leaves. It grows on other plants. A student sets up an experiment using two potted plants, one with Cuscuta and the other without it (as shown in the figure) Cuscuta (a) Which of these plants will show more growth? (b) What is the mode of nutrition in case of Cuscuta? (c) Why cuscuta cannot synthesise its own food? (d) Cuscuta is considered to be a parasite. Justify. Plant A Plant B​

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1) without cuscuta plant will grow more fast as cuscuta is a parasitic plant.2)mode of nutrition is parasitic mode of nutrition.3)it can't make its own food because cuscuta doesn't have chlorophyll.4)it is considered to be parasite because its life is dependent on other plants it takes nutrients from other plant and grow by climbing on it so it's called a parasite

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