BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9781305967359
Author: STARR
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 26, Problem 5SA
The nutrition of some plants is enhanced by a mutually beneficial association between a root and a
| a. root nodule | c. root hair |
| b. mycorrhiza | d. hypha |
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BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)
Ch. 26 - Prob. 1SACh. 26 - Prob. 2SACh. 26 - Prob. 3SACh. 26 - Prob. 4SACh. 26 - The nutrition of some plants is enhanced by a...Ch. 26 - Water evaporation from plant parts is called...Ch. 26 - Prob. 7SACh. 26 - Prob. 8SACh. 26 - Sieve tubes are part of ___________. a. cortex c....Ch. 26 - Prob. 10SA
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