NEETBotanyPlant Kingdom
Read the following statements and choose the correct option: 1. Bryophytes in general are of little economic importance but some mosses provide food for herbaceous mammals, birds and other animals. 2. Species of Marchantia, a moss, provide peat that have long been used as fuel, and as packing material for trans-shipment of living material 3. Mosses along with Lichens are the first organisms to colonise rocks and henc
Options
- AOnly 1 is incorrect
- BOnly 2 is incorrect
- CBoth 2 and 3 are incorrect
- DAll are incorrect
Correct answer
B. Only 2 is incorrect
Step-by-step solution
Bryophytes in general are of little economic importance but some mosses provide food for herbaceous mammals, birds and other animals. Species of Sphagnum, a moss, provide peat that have long been used as fuel, and as packing material for trans-shipment of living material because of their capacity to hold water. The bryophytes are divided into liverworts and mosses.