Anatomy Of Flowering Plants Question 47

Question: The closing layers in a lenticel may show the deposition of:

Options:

A) Cutin

B) Pectin

C) Lignin

D) Suberin

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

[d] Phellogen cuts off thin-walled phelloderm on inner side and thin wall complementary cell on the outer side at a regular interval.

It produces narrow zones of cell called closing layers.

These cells of closing layers show the deposition of suberin i.e., Magnolia, Populus.