HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Meristems are tissues in a plant consisting of undifferentiated cells capable of indeterminate growth. They are analagous to totipotent stem cells in animals, except that they have specific regions of growth and development.

Detailed explanation-2: -A determinate meristem usually produces a part of the plant that has a predictable size and form, such as the flower, whereas an indeterminate meristem produces parts of the plant that can grow for variable periods of time, and vary in size and shape dependent on the local environment (Sablowski et al., 2007).

Detailed explanation-3: -Indeterminate Plant Growth: Meristems Unlike most animals, who grow to a specific body size and shape and then stop growing (determinate growth), plants exhibit indeterminate growth where the plant will continue adding new organs (leaves, stems, roots) as long as it has access to the necessary resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meristematic cells are undifferentiated or incompletely differentiated. They are totipotent and capable of continued cell division. Division of meristematic cells provides new cells for expansion and differentiation of tissues and the initiation of new organs, providing the basic structure of the plant body.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cells of the shoot and root apical meristems divide rapidly and are “indeterminate”, which means that they are not designed for any specific end goal. The Shoot Apical Meristem (SAM) gives rise to organs like the leaves and flowers, while the Root Apical Meristem (RAM) provides cells for future root growth.