All the following statements regarding sieve tube elements are true except

  • A

    Their end walls have perforated sieve plates which become impregnated with lignin at maturity

  • B

    They possess peripheral cytoplasm as well as a large vacuole

  • C

    Distinct proteinaceous inclusions, the P-proteins are seen evenly distributed throughout the lumen

  • D

    Long, slender, tube-like structures arranged in longitudinal series

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Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from

  • [AIPMT 2008]

Assertion : In angiosperms, the conduction of water is more efficient because their xylem has vessels.
Reason : Conduction of water by vessel elements is an active process with energy supplied by xylem parenchyma rich in mitochondria

  • [AIIMS 2006]

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