Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 390
Question: Read the assertion and reason carefully:
Assertion : Adventitious roots are formed from any part of plant other than the radicle. Reason : Adventitious roots are mostly initiated by differentiating vascular tissues of the organ.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If both the assertion and reason are false
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Adventitious roots may occur on the hypocotyl of a seedling at nodes and internodes of stems and in roots.
The principal histologic aspects of the origin of adventitious roots may be summed up in a statement that such roots usually are initiated in the vicinity of differentiating vascular tissues of the organ which give rise to them.
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