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How do mycorrhiza act as biofertilizers ? Explain. Name a genus of fungi that forms a mycorrhizal association with plants.

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Mycorrhiza refers to symbiotic association between the fungus and the root of higher plants. These fungi in these associations absorb water phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, calcium from soil and pass it to the plant. The fungus brings about the solubilization of organic matter of soil humus, release of inorganic nutrients absorption and their transfer to roots. The genus Glomus forms a mycorrhizal association with plants.



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