AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2004

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    Aerenchyma is helpful in plants by

    A)                  providing buoyancy in hydrophytes

    B)                  absorption in stilt roots

    C)                  giving mechanical strength to plant

    D)                  giving flexibility to plants

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Aerenchyma is a type of parenchyma. Which contains air spaces. Due to the presence of air spaces, aerenchyma provides buoyancy to the plants and helps in floating and gaseous exchange. The tissues responsible for providing mechanical strength to plants are collenchyma and sclerenchyma.


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