NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
Read the following statements and choose the follwoing option: 1. Cortex consists of thick walled sclerenchyma cells 2. Epiblema protrudes in the form of root hair 3. In dicots,The cells of the endodermis are not rich in starch grains and the layer is also referred to as the starch sheath. 4. In dicots, The outer hypodermis, consists of a few layers of parenchymatous cells just below the epidermis
Options
- ABoth 1 and 2 is corect
- BOnly 1 is correct
- COnly 2 is correct
- DBoth 1 and 2 is incorrect
Correct answer
C. Only 2 is correct
Step-by-step solution
The outermost layer of a dicotyledonous root is epiblema. Many of the cells of epiblema protrude in the form of unicellular root hairs.