What is the role of mycorrhiza in water and mineral absorption in plants?
What is the role of mycorrhiza in water and mineral absorption in plants?
To absorb light
To absorb carbon dioxide
To provide minerals and water to the roots
To produce oxygen
Solution
The fungal hyphae of a mycorrhiza have a large surface area that absorb minerals and water from the soil. In return, the roots provide sugars and N-containing compounds to the mycorrhizae.