NEET 1990 · Class 11

Plant Growth and Development

Cork cambium and vascular cambium are

  1. (A)parts of secondary xylem and phloem
  2. (B)parts of pericycle
  3. (C)lateral meristem
  4. (D)apical meristem

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You also know that in dicotyledonous plants and gymnosperms, the lateral meristems, vascular cambium and cork-cambium appear later in life.

Chapter
Plant Growth and Development
Section
13.1.1 Plant Growth Generally is Indeterminate
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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'the lateral meristems, vascular cambium and cork-cambium appear later in life,' directly identifying both cambium types as lateral meristems, which matches option C and distinguishes it from apical meristem (option D).

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