Plant KingdomHard
Question
Bryophytes comprise
Options
A.sporophyte of longer duration
B.dominnt phase of sporiophyte which is parasitic
C.dominnt phase of gametophyte which produces spores
D.small sporiophyte phase generally parasitic on gametophyte
Solution
Bryophyta is a group of thlloid, non-vascular, crptogams which have gametophytic (haploid phase) as dominant phase. It bears diploid sporophytic phase which takes food from gameto phytic phase, thus behaves as parasite on gametophyte.
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