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NEET 2018
Exam
NEET
Year
2018
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants

NEET 2018 · Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Plants having little or no secondary growth are

Plants having little or no secondary growth are

Options

  1. AConifers
  2. BDeciduous angiosperms
  3. CGrasses
  4. DCycads

Correct answer

C. Grasses

Step-by-step solution

The tissues responsible for the increase in girth of plants comprises secondary growth. Such tissues include two types of lateral meristem: vascular cambium and cork cambium. Secondary growth is primarily observed in dicots. Monocots do not undergo secondary growth. In the given options, grasses are monocot and have closed type of vascular bundle, therefore, they do not show secondary growth.

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