Question

Write short note on hetrotropic nutrition in plants with example

Answer 1

this is seen in plants which grow in nitrogen deficient area which trap insects and digests them
eg: venus fly trap

Answer 2

Those plants which cannot make their own food by photosynthesis are called as heterotrophic plants.

Plants like fungi, tapeworm etc survive by feeding on other living organisms.

Heterotrophic plants are not green in colour and always depend on autotrophic plants for nutrition and survival.

Heterotrophic nutrition is of 4 types –
Parasitic Nutrition
Holozoic Nutrition
Saprophytic Nutrition
Symbiotic Nutrition