why respiratory roots are especially present in mangroves?write the reason?
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Breathing roots: Underground tissue of any plant requires oxygen for respiration and in mangrove environment, oxygen in soil is very limited or nil. This necessitates mangrove root system to take up oxygen from the atmosphere.These roots have numerous pores through which oxygen enters into the underground tissues.
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Breathing roots: Underground tissue of any plant requires oxygen for respiration and in mangrove environment, oxygen in soil is very limited or nil. This necessitates mangrove root system to take up oxygen from the atmosphere. ... These roots have numerous pores through which oxygen enters into the underground tissues.
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