Question

Which of the following statements about mycorrhizae is false? Group of answer choices Foresters inoculate pine seedlings with them to promote growth. They colonize soils by dispersing spores that form new mycelia. They are in a parasitic relationship with plants. They are important in natural systems and agriculture.

Answer 1

Answer:

They are in a parasitic relationship with plants.

Explanation:

Mycorrhizae is a fungus root that has a mutually beneficial relationship with roots of the plants and not a parasitic relationship.

Mycorrhizae colonize soil and disperse its thick-walled spores produced on the extra-radicular hyphae. Mycorrhizae are important in natural systems and agriculture as it helps in the regulation of exchange of nutrients and sugar between fungus and plant.

Hence, the correct answers are "They are in a parasitic relationship with plants."