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Agriculture · Q360

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 360

Q360

Rhizobia penetrate the root through

A.
Root tip
B.
Cambium
C.
Root hairs
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Rhizobia are the group of bacteria, that survive and reproduce in the soil, and fix atmospheric N inside the nodules produced in the roots of their specific legume.
Rhizobia penetrate the root through Root hairs and once they get inside there they grow and divide inside a tubule called an infection thread.