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Please help with this biology question. I will give thumb upPlease help with this biology question. I will give thumb up
Which of the following is NOT a symbiotic interaction? For the ones that ARE symbiotic interactions, name the type of symbiosis. 1. The yucca moth is the sole pollinator of the yucca flower. The female yucca moth lays eggs in the base of the flower and the developing moth larvae eat the developing yucca seeds and fruit. Rhizobium bacteria infect the roots of legumes (beans and peas) and provide the plant with nitrogen in return for sugar from photosynthesis. Many tropical tree species have other plants (like orchids and bromeliads) living on their branches. These plants, called epiphytes, are physically held up by the tree and obtain their water and nutrients from the air and/or decaying piles of debris (leaves, etc) that collect on the tree branches When Trifolium and Medicago plants are grown in a pot from seed, the mean weight of each plant increases through time as the plants grow; however, the density of plants decreases as some individuals die. Many temperate trees have mistletoe living on their branches. The mistletoe seed sprouts at the base of a branch and the roots of the mistletoe break through the bark of the tree and tap into its supply of water and nutrients from the soil and, in some cases, sugar from photosynthesis. a. b. c. d. e.
Explanation / Answer
Answer a)shows mutualism because both are dependent of each other .
B)rrhizobium is also showing mutualism kind of relationship in which both organism is getting benefitted.
C)this kind of relationship is known as commensilism in which only 1 organism is getting benefited .
D)this is not a symbiotic relationship
E)mistletoes are the arcuthobium which are hemiparasite of conferious trees and take nutientsnufrom those by specialised root known as haustorium and this type of relationship is known as parasitism.
So the answer is D .