NEET 2011
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2011
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Mineral Nutrition
NEET 2011 · Botany · Mineral Nutrition
A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in
A prokaryotic autotrophic nitrogen fixing symbiont is found in
Options
- ACycas
- BCicer
- CPisum
- DAlnus
Correct answer
A. Cycas
Step-by-step solution
The coralloid root of Cycas is symbiotically associated with nitrogen fixing blue-green algae, Anabaena cycadae and Nostoc punctiforme. These blue green algae (cyanobacteria) are prokaryotic, photosynthetic and autotrophic.