Explain how plants have overcome the problem of nitrogen and phosphorous deficiencies in soils they grow in

How plants have overcome the problem of nitrogen and phosphorous deficiencies in soils they grow in.

Plants living in soil deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus overcome this problem by any of the following means:

• Living in symbiotic relationship with organism that are capable of producing such minerals. For example, symbiotic bacteria in the root nodules of leguminous plants fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to nitrates that can be used by the plant.
• Some plants live association with the fungi such as mycorrhiza association whereby the fungi digest organic matter, absorb the nutrients and pass them to the plant.
• Adopting parasitic mode of feed, to obtain nutrients from another plant that can easily obtain nutrients from deeper soil
• Developing long roots that can absorb nutrients that are leached into deeper soil
• Adopting carnivorous behavior in order to obtain mineral from digested animals such Venus flytrap.
• parasitic relationship with other plants

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