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JIPMER 2006
Exam
JIPMER
Year
2006
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants

JIPMER 2006 · Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Quiescent centre is the zone of :

Quiescent centre is the zone of :

Options

  1. Aleast mitotic activity in the root apex
  2. Bleast mitotic activity in the shoot apex
  3. Cmaximum mitotic activity in the root apex
  4. Dmaximum mitotic activity in the shoot apex

Correct answer

A. least mitotic activity in the root apex

Step-by-step solution

Quiescent centre is an area at the top of the root apical meristem where the cells have least mitotic activity i.e., the rate of cell division is lower than in surrounding tissue.
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