DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

MORPHOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A
Onion-Bulb
B
Ginger-Sucker
C
Chlamydomonas-Conidia
D
Yeast-Zoospores
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correctly matched pair is onion-bulb. Onion is a simple tunicated layered bulb while ginger is a straggling rhizome having uniparous cymebranching with suymphodial axis. While yeast reproduces by budding and Chlamyudomonas by zoospores.

Detailed explanation-2: -The onion bulb is a modified stem with a large number of fleshy scale leaves. Taproot originates from plant roots, but fibrous roots grow from stems and leaves instead of radicals. Onion roots are short-lived and numerous and a bundle of fibrous roots are present at the base of the bulb.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bulb: The modified stem of onion is Bulb. It is a very short disc-shaped underground stem. It bears fleshy scale leaves that store food.

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