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Which one of the following microbes forms symbiotic association with plants and helps them in their nutrition?

Option: 1

Azotobacter


Option: 2

Aspergillus


Option: 3

Glomus


Option: 4

Trichoderma


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  • Free-living microbes like Azotobacter, Aspergillus, and Trichoderma aid plants in their nutrition.
  • While Glomus is a fungus that symbiotically forms endomycorrhiza (a symbiotic association with the roots of plants) that helps in the absorption of nutrition especially phosphorus from soil.


Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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