Question

Explain parasitic nutrition in cuscuta

Answer 1

Answer:

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant. ... Once they are firmly attached to a host, the cuscuta root withers away

Answer 2

Answer:

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis. Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutrients for its growth and weakening the host plant. Once they are firmly attached to a host, the cuscuta root withers away.

Explanation:

As Cuscuta has no roots and no effective photosynthesis system, most of the nutrients apparently come from the host phloem. This makes Cuscuta a phloem feeder.