NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Primary growth is a result of rapidly-dividing cells in the apical meristems at the shoot tip and root tip. Subsequent cell elongation also contributes to primary growth. The growth of shoots and roots during primary growth enables plants to continuously seek water (roots) or sunlight (shoots).

Detailed explanation-2: -Primary growth occurs at the apical meristem (a meristem located at the tip of a stem). A meristem is a region of undifferentiated cells from which new cells arise through cellular division. Secondary growth is an increase in thickness or girth of the plant body due to activity of lateral meristems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apical meristems give rise to the primary plant body and are responsible for the extension of the roots and shoots. Lateral meristems are known as secondary meristems because they are responsible for secondary growth, or increase in stem girth and thickness.

Detailed explanation-4: -The root apical meristem produces the three primary meristems: procambium, ground meristem, and protoderm. The procambium gives rise to vascular tissues, including the primary xylem and primary phloem. The ground meristem produces the cortex, a ground tissue. The protoderm produces the epidermis, a dermal tissue.

Detailed explanation-5: -Primary growth occurs at an apical meristem, which are found at the tips of shoots and roots. Secondary growth occurs at the lateral meristems. The cells at the meristems undergo cellular division, where each cell multiplies into two daughter cells and add to the cellular material collectively called tissue.