SPOROPHYTE of longer duration dominant phase of sporophyte which is parasitic dominantphase of gametophyte which produces spores small sporophyte phase GENERALLY parasitic on gametophyte
Solution :(d) Bryophyta is a group of thalloid, non-vascular, cryptogams which have gametophytic (haploid phase) as dominant phase. It BEARS diploid SPOROPHYTIC phase which takes food from gametophytic phase, thus behaves as parasite on gametophyte.