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How can plant roots continue to function in waterlogged soil that lacks sufficient oxygen?

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They increase the rate of root photosynthesis.

They stop all energy production to conserve it.

They use anaerobic respiration to produce energy.

They absorb oxygen molecules directly from water.

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They use anaerobic respiration to produce energy.

Roots switch to anaerobic pathways (fermentation) when oxygen is scarce, producing some ATP without O2 (but much less efficiently and with toxic byproducts).