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AIIMS 2006
Exam
AIIMS
Year
2006
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Reproduction in Organisms

AIIMS 2006 · Botany · Reproduction in Organisms

Grafting is successful in dicots but not in monocots because the...

Grafting is successful in dicots but not in monocots because the dicots have

Options

  1. Avascular bundles arranged in a ring
  2. Bcambium for secondary growth
  3. Cvessels with elements arranged end to end
  4. Dcork cambium.

Correct answer

B. cambium for secondary growth

Step-by-step solution

Grafting is the technique of joining parts of two plants so as to form a composite plant. Grafting is carried out during period of active growth and rapid healing between two related plants having vascular cambium. One plant has strong root system and the other plant possesses better flower or fruit yield. The former is called stock and the latter is known as scion or graft. Vascular cambium are the lateral meristem found in those vascular plants that exhibit secondary growth. It forms secondary xylem and secondary phloem mostly by periclinal division.
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