NEET2006BotanyPlant KingdomActual
Moss peat is used as a packing material for sending flowers and live plants to distant places bccause:
Options
- Ait serves as a disinfectant
- Bit is easily available
- Cit is hygroscopic
- Dit reduces transpiration
Correct answer
C. it is hygroscopic
Step-by-step solution
Sphagnum is a bryophyte, commonly called bog moss or peat moss. It is hygroscopic and possesses remarkable water-holding capacity. Hence, it is used as a packaging material in the transport of flowers, live plants, tubers, bulbs and seedlings. It is also used in seedbeds and in moss sticks.