NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
What is the role of bulliform cells in grass leaves?
Options
- AThey are responsible for photosynthesis
- BThey help in prevention of water loss and leaf curling
- CThey are responsible for the parallel venation in monocot leaves
- DThey are responsible for the reticulate venation in dicot leaves
Correct answer
B. They help in prevention of water loss and leaf curling
Step-by-step solution
The anatomy of isobilateral leaf is similar to that of the dorsiventral leaf in many ways. It shows the following characteristic differences. In an isobilateral leaf, the stomata are present on both the surfaces of the epidermis; and the mesophyll is not differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma . In grasses, certain adaxial epidermal cells along the veins modify themselves into large, empty, colourless cells. These are called bulliform cells. When the bulliform cells in the leaves have absorbed water and