Unlike dicot roots, monocot roots lack:
Pith
Endodermis
Pericycle
Secondary growth
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Select the incorrect statement w.r.t. monocot root.
Pericycle gives rise to lateral roots
Vascular bundles are polyarch
Cambium develops at the time of secondary growth
Pith is large and well developed
Casparian strips on endodermis are seen in
Stems of vascular plants
Leaves of vascular plants
Roots of vascular plants
Flowers of vascular plants
The large, well-developed pith in a monocot root primarily consists of:
Sclerenchyma cells
Collenchyma cells
Parenchyma cells
Xylem vessels
The Casparian strip is found in which layer of the monocot root?
Epidermis
Cortex
Endodermis
Pericycle
Which tissue in the monocot root is primarily responsible for the radial transport of water and minerals from the cortex to the xylem?
Epidermis
Cortex
Endodermis
Pericycle
G H Shull observed inbreeding depression in a plant. Miller and Letham isolated a hormone from the immature seeds of that plant. Which of the following characters is not associated with the plant?
Atactostelic condition in stem
Bundle sheath in leaf
Chromosomal number of endospermous cell is 30
Medulla absent in the root
Exarch and polyarch xylem strands are found in
Monocot stem
Dicot stem
Monocot root
Dicot root
Monocot root is not characterised by?
Polyarch condition
Exarch xylem
Well developed medulla
Secondary growth
What type of xylem arrangement is found in monocot roots?
Diarch
Triarch
Tetrarch
Polyarch
The multilayered pericycle in a monocot root contributes significantly to:
Lateral root formation
Secondary growth
Vascular cambium formation
Primary xylem development
