Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 420

Question: VAM is

Options:

A) Bioinsecticide

B) Bioherbicide

C) Endomycorrhiza

D) Ectomycorrhiza

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Endomycorrhizal fungal hyphae are present inside or between the cells of cortex.

In many grass and some other crops the fungal hyphae penetrate to the cortical cells which swell to form vesicles or arbuscules called vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM).