Besides paddy fields cyanobacteria are also found in vegetative part of
A
Cycas
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B
Equisetum
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C
Psilotum
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D
Pinus
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Solution
The correct option is A Cycas Cycas has unbranched, apogeotropic, coral-like roots called as coralloid roots, which harbour nitrogen fixing blue green algae, like Nostoc and Anabaena. These may be free-living or form symbiotic relationships with plants. They perform nitrogen fixation in heterocyst and photosynthesis in vegetative cell.