Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Question 45

Question: A fibre of greatest commercial importance is derived from epidermis of seeds or outside the seed coat is [DPMT 1984; MP PMT 1984, 88; BHU 1980]

Options:

A) Flax

B) Coir

C) Cotton

D) Hemp

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

Cotton fibres (Gossypium) are the outgrowth of epidermis.

These are the epidermal cells which become elongated.