Well developed pith is found in
(a) monocot stem and dicot root
(b) monocot and dicot stems
(c) dicot stem and dicot root
(d) dicot stem and monocot root
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The well developed pith is found in (d) dicot stem and monocot root
- Pith is a tissue in the stems of vascular plants
- The function of pith is storage of water and food.
- In monocot roots and dicot stem, the pith is made up of parenchyma cells which is produced by vascular bundles at the centre.
- The pith is absent in monocot stem as a type of vascular bundles which is responsible for formation of pith is absent.
- As there is no cambion ring in the dicot root, it crushes the pith region which leads to the formation of the narrow space without ring.
- In monocot root, pith is mostly found in angiosperms.
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