Identify the wrong statement in context of heartwood.

(1) Organic compounds are deposited in it

(2) it is highly durable

(3) It conducts water and minerals efficiently

(4) It comprises dead elements with highly lignified walls

Which of the following is made up of dead cells?

(1) Xylem parenchyma

(2) Collenchyma

(3) Phellem

(4) Phloem

Cortex is the region found between

(1) Epidermis and stele

(2) Pericycle and endodermis

(3) Endodermis and pith

(4) Endodermis and vascular bundle

The balloon-shaped structures called tyloses

(1) Original in the lumen of vessels

(2) characterise the sapwood

(3) are exetentions of xylem parenchyma cells into vessels

(4) are linked to the ascent of sap through xylem vessels

Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells are called ?

1. subsidiary cells

2. bulliform cells

3. lenticels

4. complementary cells

Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered closed because

1. a bundle sheath surrounds each bundle

2. cambium is absent

3. there are no vessels with performations

4. xylem is surrounded all around by phloem

You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following

anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two?

1. Secondary xylem

2. Secondary phloem

3. Protoxylem

4. Cortical cells

Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of ?

1. medullary rays

2. xylem parenchyma

3. endodermis

4. pericycle

The common bottle cork is a product of

(1) Dermatogens

(2) phellogen

(3) xylem

(4) vascular cambium

Companion cells are closely associated with

(1) sieve elements

(2) vessel elements

(3) trichomes

(4) guard cells