Duramen is present in from Biology Anatomy of Flowering Plants

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31.

Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are produced by

  • Apical meristems

  • Vascular cambium

  • Axillary meristems

  • Phellogen


32.

First vascular plant is

  • Thallophyta

  • Pteridophyta

  • Bryophyta

  • Spermatophyta


33.

Angular collenchyma occurs in

  • Salvia

  • Helianthus

  • Althaea

  • Cucurbita


34.

Kranz anatomy can be obseved in leaves of

  • Sorghum

  • Spinach

  • Mustrad

  • Tulip


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35.

The term 'bark' refers to

  • Phellem, phelloderm and vascular cambium

  • Periderm and secondary xylem

  • Cork cambium and cork

  • Phellogen, phellem, phelloderm and Secondary phloem


36.

What differentiates leaf of dicots from monocots?

  • Parallel venation

  • Differentiation of palisade and spongy parenchyma

  • Stomata only on upper side

  • Stomata both on upper and lower sides


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37.

Duramen is present in

  • inner region of secondary wood

  • part of sap wood

  • outer region of secondary wood

  • region of pericycle


A.

inner region of secondary wood

The xylem elements of the stems of a number of trees develop dark brown colour, especially in the central or innermost layers.

It comprises dead element with higly lignified walls and is called heart wood or duramen. It is present in inner region of secondary wood.


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38.

Meristematic tissue in vascular bundle is

  • phellem

  • procambium

  • interfascicular cambium

  • fascicular cambium


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39.

Quiescent centre is the zone of

  • least mitotic activity in the root apex

  • least mitotic activity in the shoot apex

  • maximum mitotic activity in the root apex

  • maximum mitotic activity in the shoot apex


40.

Ectophloic siphonostele is found in

  • Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae

  • Osmunda and Equisetum

  • Marsilea and Botrychium

  • Dicksonia and maiden hair fem


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