Question

The mode of nutrition found in the plant Indian Pipe.

Answer 1

Nutrition in Indian Pipe:

1. ​Indian pipe is a myco-parasitic plant as it is not able to perform photosynthesis.
   
2. Just like a fungus, the Indian pipe soaks up the necessary ingredients from surrounding plant parts by maintaining a parasitic relationship with fungi.
   
3. It also maintains a mycorrhizal symbiosis with the plants that perform photosynthesis.