FORESTRY
PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY
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Question
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Which of the following features is not found while observing a TS of monocot root?
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Sclerenchymatous hypodermis
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Large number of scattered vascular bundles
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vascular bundles are conjoint and closed
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perepheral vascular bundles are generally larger than the centrally located ones
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The vascular bundle encloses both xylem and phloem. The xylem is present in the inner surface and phloem in the outer surface and cambium is not present in monocot plants. Hence, the vascular bundles in monocot stem are endarch, closed, and collateral.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary Structure of Monocot roots The typical monocot roots show the following features: Epiblema is single layered, thin walled, colorless, polygonal without intercellular spaces, with presence of unicellular root hairs, hence also called as piliferous layer or rhizodermis.
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