NEET 1990 · Class 11

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Pericycle of roots produces

  1. (A)mechanical support
  2. (B)lateral roots
  3. (C)vascular bundles
  4. (D)adventitious buds

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Initiation of lateral roots and vascular cambium during the secondary growth takes place in these cells.

Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Section
6.2 Anatomy of Dicotyledonous and Monocotyledonous Plants
Page
3
Words matched
16 of 16

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'Initiation of lateral roots... takes place in these cells' where 'these cells' refers to pericycle, directly matching the MCQ's correct answer.

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