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(i) Define mineralisation. (ii) Justify the pitcher plant as a producer.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 19 Sep, 2016, 06:13: AM
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(i) Mineralisation is the process in which the humus is degraded by certain microbes and thus inorganic nutrients are released.

(ii) The pitcher plant is chlorophyllous and is thus capable of photosynthesis and acts as a producer.

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