Question

1 biology deciduous plants shed their leaves during hot summer or in autumn. This process of shedding of leaves is called abscission. Apart from physiological changes what anatomical mechanism is involved in the abscission of leaves

Answer 1

Deciduous plants shed their leaves during hot summer or in autumn. Deciduous plants shed their leaves during hot summer or in autumn. This process of shedding of leaves is called abscission.Apart from physiological changes what anatomical mechanism is involved in the abscission of leaves.

Answer 2

Answer:

Structural. In deciduous trees, an abscission zone, also called a separation zone, is formed at the base of the petiole. It is composed of a top layer that has cells with weak walls, and a bottom layer that expands in the autumn, breaking the weak walls of the cells in the top layer. This allows the leaf to be shed.