Question

Explain the Mode of Nutrition in insectivorous plant.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. INSECTIVOROUS nutrition,

1. The mode of nutrition in which plants derive nutrients by

trapping and digesting animals, mainly insects.

2. Drosera, pitcher plant, bladderwort and venus flytrap.

• They are carnivorous plants.

• Grow in places where soil is  either deficient in certain nutrients or  too little light is available to carry  photosynthesis.

Answer 2

Answer:

In insectivorous plant heterotrophic and autotrophic mode of nutrition is seen.

Explanation:

• Insectivorous plants can prepare food by themselves through photosynthesis. But they grow in those places, where soil is deficient in certain nutrients so they do not get proper nutrition. To get proper nutrition they capture insects and digest them passively or by a movement of certain organs.
• These plants are carnivorous in nature. For example, in pitcher plant the leaves are modified into pitcher like structure. When an insect enters the pitcher, the lid closes and then the insect is digested by digestive juices inside the pitcher.

So, we can say that in insectivorous plants, two types of nutrition mode can be seen one is heterotrophic mode of nutrition and another one is autotrophic mode of nutrition.