parasitic nutrition

1. Feeding by living in an organism
Or
On organism

2. DEFINITION
 Parasitic nutrition is the mode of
heterotrophic nutrition in which an
organism { called PARASITE } lives on the
body or inside the body of another
organism { called HOST }
 The parasite gets its nutrition from the host
organism.

3. PARASITIC PLANT
i. It takes readymade food from the host
plant.
ii. The plants on which it climbs for food is
called HOST.

4. EXAMPLES
I. CUSCUTA
II. It does not contain chlorophyll. it takes
readymade food from the plant on which it is
climbing.

5.  DODDER -

6. DODDER
 Dodder is parasitic on a very wide variety
of plants , including a number of
agricultural and horticultural crop species.

7. MADE BY - PIYUSH BHATIA
CLASS - VII B
ROLL NO – 35