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Insectivorous plants digest insects to get an essential nutrient. Other plants generally get this nutrient from the soil. What is this nutrient?
Insectivorous plants digest insects to get an essential nutrient. Other plants generally get this nutrient from the soil. What is this nutrient?
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The correct option is C Nitrogen
- Insectivorous plants are heterotrophic carnivorous plants that grow in wet, boggy, acidic soils which are low in mineral salts and other nutrients vital for the survival of the plant.
- Nitrogen is the most important macronutrient for plants, which is usually taken up as nitrates. Nitrogen is a nutrient that is easily leached out of even ordinary soils.
- For this reason, the plants that live in these boggy soils have evolved into carnivorous plants that capture and digest insects as a means of obtaining nitrates.
- Hence, option B is correct.
- Insectivorous plants are heterotrophic carnivorous plants that grow in wet, boggy, acidic soils which are low in mineral salts and other nutrients vital for the survival of the plant.
- Nitrogen is the most important macronutrient for plants, which is usually taken up as nitrates. Nitrogen is a nutrient that is easily leached out of even ordinary soils.
- For this reason, the plants that live in these boggy soils have evolved into carnivorous plants that capture and digest insects as a means of obtaining nitrates.
- Hence, option B is correct.
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