HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bryophytes have hair-like filaments called ____, to anchor the plant.
A
rhizoids
B
roots
C
sporophytes
D
spores
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike most other plants, mosses don’t have roots. Instead they have rhizoids, which are small hairlike structures. Their main function is anchoring the plant to rock, bark or soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -In land plants, rhizoids are trichomes that anchor the plant to the ground. In the liverworts, they are absent or unicellular, but multicelled in mosses. In vascular plants they are often called root hairs, and may be unicellular or multicellular.

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