Question

give the example of modification of adventitious root for food storage​

Answer 1

Answer:

Asparagus is the example of a modified adventitious root in which roots are modified for the storage of food. ... For mechanical support: These roots are modified to provide mechanical support to the plants. It includes different types of roots such as prop roots, stilt roots, buttress roots, and climbing roots.

Answer 2

Adventitious root

Explanation:

• Roots that grow from any part of plant other than the radicle or its branches are called adventitious roots.
• They can be underground or aerial, they generally develop from nodes, internodes, leaves etc.
• Adventitious roots show different types of modifications , storage of food - Tuberous roots, fasciculated root, moniliform roots, annulated roots, nodulose root.
• Mechanical strength- prop roots, stilt roots, climbing roots.
• Additional functions- asssimilatory roots,  floating roots , mycorrhizal roots etc.