As secondary growth proceeds, in a dicot stem, the thickness of

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71.

The term 'bark' refers to

  • Phellem, phelloderm and vascular cambium

  • Periderm and secondary xylem

  • Cork cambium and cork

  • Phellogen, phellem, phelloderm and Secondary phloem


72.

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


73.

Duramen is present in

  • inner region of secondary wood

  • part of sap wood

  • outer region of secondary wood

  • region of pericycle


74.

Meristematic tissue in vascular bundle is

  • phellem

  • procambium

  • interfascicular cambium

  • fascicular cambium


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75.

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


76.

Ectophloic siphonostele is found in

  • Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae

  • Osmunda and Equisetum

  • Marsilea and Botrychium

  • Dicksonia and maiden hair fem


77.

In a woody dicotyledonous tree, which of the following parts will mainly consist of primary tissues?

  • Stem and root

  • All parts

  • Shoot tips and root tips

  • Flowers, fruits and leaves


78.

In monocot roots which types of vascular bundles are found?

  • Collateral, conjoint and closed

  • Radial with exarch xylem

  • Bicollateral, conjoint and closed

  • Radial with endarch xylem


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79.

Periderm includes

  • cork cambium only

  • cork cambium and cork

  • cork and secondary cortex

  • cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex


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80.

As secondary growth proceeds, in a dicot stem, the thickness of

  • sapwood increases

  • heartwood increases

  • both sapwood and heartwood increases

  • both sapwood and heartwood remains the same


B.

heartwood increases

In a woody stem, due to secondary growth, secondary xylem constitutes the bulk of the stem and is commonly called wood. Width of secondary xylem increases continuously with the age of the plant. 

Older stem have two regions- younger sapwood and older heartwood. Both sapwood and heartwood increase in size initially, but when a tree reaches a certain age, amount of heartwood increases and the amount of sapwood remains constant.


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