NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
What is the outermost layer of a dicot root ?
Options
- AEpiblema
- BCortex
- CEndodermis
- DPericycle
Correct answer
A. Epiblema
Step-by-step solution
: The outermost layer is epiblema . Many of the cells of epiblema protrude in the form of unicellular root hairs. The cortex consists of several layers of thin-walled parenchyma cells with intercellular spaces. The innermost layer of the cortex is called endodermis. It comprises a single layer of barrel-shaped cells without any intercellular spaces. The tangential as well as radial walls of the endodermal cells have a deposition of water-impermeable, waxy material suberin in the form of casparian strips. Next to en