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What is mutualism? Mention any two examples where the organisms involved are
commerc
ially exploited in agriculture.

uio , 10 Years ago

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grenade

Mutualism is the relationship between two organisms where both organisms are benefited in terms of food, shelter and substratum for attachment.

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grenade

(i) Mycorrhizae are the mutualistic relationship between fungi and roots of higher plants. The fungus helps in mineral nutrition of the plant with which they are associated and obtains, in turn, carbohydrates from the plant.

(ii) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, Rhizobium, live in the root nodules of legumes where the bacterium derives nutrition from the host plant but fixes the atmospheric nitrogen and makes it available to the plants.

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