Directions : In the following question more than one of the answers given may be correct. Select the correct answer and mark it according to the code:
Assimilary roots are present in (1) Loranthus and Viscum (2) Tinospora and Trapa (3) Sacchamm and Pandanus (4) Taeniophyllum and PodostemonA) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
B) 1 and 2 are correct
C) 2 and 4 are correct
D) 1 and 3 are correct
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Adventitious roots of certain plants get modified to perform vital (physiological functions). When these roots become green and carry out photosynthesis, these are called assimilatory roots or photosynthetic roots. Eg, Tinospora, Trapa, Taeniophyllum Podostemon, etc. Loranthus and Viscum are the parasitic plants having parasitic or haustorial roots. In Saccharum offidnarum (sugarcane)and Pandanus (screw pine), stilt roots are found. which develop obliquely from the basal nodes of the stem near the soil.
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