Short note on aerenchyma and chlorenchyma
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The tissue provides support to plants and also stores food.In some situations,it contains chlorophyll and performs photosynthesis,and then it is called chlorenchyma.
In aquatic plants,large air cavities are present in parenchyma to give buoyancy to the plants to help them float.Such paranchyma type is called aerenchyma.
In aquatic plants,large air cavities are present in parenchyma to give buoyancy to the plants to help them float.Such paranchyma type is called aerenchyma.
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Aerenchyma is the term given to plant tissues containing enlarged gas spaces exceeding those commonly found as intracellular spaces. It is formed in the roots and shoots of wetland species and in some dryland species in adverse conditions, either constitutively or because of abiotic stress.
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