HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophytes rely on surface absorption through their leaves for survival. Non-vascular plants, unlike vascular plants, lack actual roots in favour of rhizoids. They use these rhizoids as anchors and absorb minerals and water through their leaf surfaces. Non-vascular plants have an external water system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Water and nutrients are transported through bryophytes through the process of absorption and osmosis. Most plants have specialized types of tissues called xylem and phloem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bryophytes depend on water for reproduction and survival. In common with ferns and lycophytes, a thin layer of water is required on the surface of the plant to enable the movement of the flagellated sperm between gametophytes and the fertilization of an egg.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mosses and liverworts are small, primitive, non-vascular plants. They lack the conductive tissue most plants use to transport water and nutrients. Instead, moisture is absorbed directly into cells by osmosis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bryophytes is the informal group name for mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue, but instead absorb water and nutrients from the air through their surface (e.g., their leaves).