NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Isobilateral leaf differs in epidermis structure from a dorsiventral leaf Reason: In grasses, certain adaxial epidermal cells along the veins modify themselves into large, empty, colourless cells.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion are Reason are false
Correct answer
A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
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.