Statement I : Bark is formed only by the activity of phellogen.
Statement II : Bark is made up of only living cells.

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Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Both Statement I and Statement II are wrong

Statement I is correct, Statement II is wrong

Statement I is wrong, Statement II is correct

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Any tissue present above the vascular cambium ring forms the bark. Hence, the bark contains secondary phloem formed from vasculalar cambium ring and the periderm formed by the activity of cork cambium. Bark contains dead cells like phellem or the cork cells.

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