HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The main functions of the root system are absorption of water and minerals, providing a proper anchorage to the plant parts, storing food material and synthesis of plant growth regulators (PGRs).

Detailed explanation-2: -Conclusion: Important functions of roots include anchorage of the plant, absorption of water and dissolved nutrients, their conduction to the shoot, storage of nutrients, vegetative propagation, and binding of soil particles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants have three types of root systems: 1.) taproot, with a main taproot that is larger and grows faster than the branch roots; 2.) fibrous, with all roots about the same size; 3.) adventitious, roots that form on any plant part other than the roots.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tree roots anchor the tree in the soil, keeping it straight and stable, and absorb water from the soil. Tree roots also take nutrients and chemicals out of the soil and use them to produce what they need for the tree’s growth, development, and repair.