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NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants

Read the following statements and choose the follwoing option: 1. Hypodermis is the seat of initiation of lateral roots 2. The pith is broad in dicotyledonous roots 3. The innermost layer of the cortex is called epidermis. 4. All tissues on the outside of the endodermis such as pericycle, vascular bundles and pith constitute the stele.

Options

  1. ABoth 4 and 2 is incorrect
  2. BOnly 1 is correct
  3. COnly 2 is correct
  4. DBoth 3 and 2 is corect

Correct answer

A. Both 4 and 2 is incorrect

Step-by-step solution

Next to endodermis lies a few layers of thick-walled parenchyomatous cells referred to as pericycle. Initiation of lateral roots and vascular cambium during the secondary growth takes place in these cells.

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