Question

Q.1. Fill in the blanks: 1] Dodder [cuscuta] has ....... Roots for absorbing nutrients from host plants

Answer 1

Answer:

parasitic dodder

Explanation:

Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii). The dodder contains no chlorophyll and instead absorbs food through haustoria; these are rootlike organs that penetrate the tissue of a host plant and may kill it. The slender, stringlike stems of the dodder may be yellow, orange, pink, or brown in colour.