Question

Differentiate between parasitic and saprotrophic nutrition (Give any 5 points)

Answer 1

Parasitic Nutrition

In this types of nutrition and organisms obtained their food from other living organism called host without killed it.

For example: cuscut, and some other animals like roundworms, leaches, tapeworm .

Saprotropic Nutrition

In this types of Nutrition organised their food from the dead and decaying matter.

For example:Fungi, bacteria,yeast.

Answer 2

Parasitic plants are vascular plants which have developed specialized organs to penetrate inside the tissues of other vascular plants called hosts and derive nourishment. Examples: Cuscuta.

Saprophytes are those plants which grow and live on dead and decaying organic matter of animals and plants. Examples: Bacteria and fungi.