Gujarati
Hindi
6.Anatomy of Flowering Plants
medium

Select the wrong statements

$I.$ Primary and secondary phloem gets crushed during secondary growth

$II.$ During secondary growth, primary xylem remains more or less intact

A

$I$ is correct and $II$ is incorrect

B

$II$ is correct and $I$ is incorrect

C

Both are incorrect

D

Both are correct

Solution

The primary xylem is in the centre of the stem, while primary phloem is pushed outward and crushed into the cortex by the significant activity of vascular cambium. While the secondary phloem differentiates from the cells that divide towards the outside of the stem

Standard 11
Biology

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