FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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What is true about a monocot leaf?
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Presence of reticulate venation
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absence of bulliform cells
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Absence of vascular bundles
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Absence of differentiated mesophyll
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -So, the correct option is ‘Mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy tissues’.
Detailed explanation-2: -Option-B In monocot leaves the mesophyll is not differentiated into spongy and palisade parenchyma. They are available only in Dicot leaves. Monocot leaves are leaves which occur on plants crated from seeds with distinct cotyledon like maize, rice, grass, wheat etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -A type of ground tissue called mesophyll fills the area between the leaf’s upper and lower epidermis. The cells in the mesophyll contain numerous chloroplasts, organelles that carry out photosynthesis, converting light, water, and carbon dioxide into sugar the plant can break down to generate energy.
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