Question

Distinguish between parasites and partial parasites in plants, giving one example of each

Answer 1

Parasites :
Some plants like cuscuta (Amarbel) and Mistletoe grow on other living plants and obtain their nutrition from their host plant on which they grow.Such plants are called parasites and mode of nutrition is called parasitism. Like ordinary plants they do not grow in soil.
For example ,CUSCUTA is a yellow thread like plant which grows in bunches on different shrubs. cuscuta is a total parasite as it obtains ready made food material from the phloem tissue of its host.

PARTIAL PARASITE :
Some plants are partially depending on their host for the announcement that parasites are called PARTIAL PARASITE.
For E.g - MISTLETOE is a partial parasite. It grows on other living trees like mango or sheesham. It has Green Leaves and is capable of carrying out photosynthesis. These plants obtain water and Minerals from their host and manufacture food by themselves as they have Green Leaves..

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Answer 2

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