Dodder is a total parasite . It is because the dodder plants absorbs water,mineral as well as food from the host. A partial parasite absorbs only water and minerals from the host as partial parasites contain chlorophyll.
Yes, dodder or cuscuta is a total parasitic plant
parasite
Yes
Its a eukaryote
A saprophyte is an organism that feeds on decaying matter by secreting enzymes onto the decaying matter and then absorbing what the enzymes have broken it down into. Most saprophytes are bacteria and fungi.
dodder plant can pull nutrients from its host plant and it kills its host plant
Yes, a saprophyte can be a plant, but it can also be a fungus or micro-organism. A saprophyte lives off of decomposing or dead materials.
Dodder, hellweed, devil's gut, beggarweed, strangle tare, scaldweed, dodder of thyme , greater dodder, and lesser dodder. In Chinese, cuscuta seeds are called tu si zi.
Saprophyte refers to plants, fungi, or micro-organisms that live on dead or decomposing matter. Saprophyte matter had taken over the entire area. Bacterial growth may be considered a Saprophyte invader for plant life.
no
parasite
Well, you see, the dodder needs a place to live and it dangers the shrubs
Dodder in Tamil is called "புல்லாடை" (Pullāḍai). It is a parasitic plant that has thin, yellow or orange stems and grows by wrapping itself around a host plant to obtain nutrients.
no
The other names of dodder include love vine, strangleweed, devil's-guts and goldthread.
Saprophyte
Yes. it is
Dodder is a parasite, it obtains its food from feeding off other plants, it does not produce its own