Question

the main function of haustoria in cuscuta is ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The haustorium penetrates the tissues of a host and absorbs nutrients and water. In parasitic plants, such as dodder and mistletoe, the haustoria form a vascular union with the host plant to redirect the host's nutrients.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) The haustorium penetrates the tissues of a host and absorbs nutrients and water. In parasitic plants, such as dodder and mistletoe, the haustoria form a vascular union with the host plant to redirect the host's nutrients.

2) Hustoria is the appendage or portion of a parasitic fungus or of the root of a parasitic plant that penetrates the host's tissue and draws nutrients from it. Haustoria do not penetrate the host's cell membranes. Cuscuta approximata is a species of dodder known by the common name alfalfa dodder.

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