Question

Reason for cuscuta plant to perform parasitic nutrition​

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:

Species of Cuscuta are plant parasites. They lack chlorophyll hence cannot manufacture their own food through photosynthesis. They thrive on other plants, consuming their nutrients to grow, hence weakening its host.