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Secondary Growth
Question

Given below are four statements (A-D) regarding secondary growth in dicot root.
(A) The vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin.
(B) The vascular cambium develops from the tissue located first below the phloem bundle and a portion of pericycle tissue.
(C) Annual rings are clearly distinct.
(D) Phellogen cuts phellem on the inner side and phelloderm towards outside.
       Which two statements are incorrect?

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Solution

Annual rings are indistinct. The phellogen cuts secondary cortex towards interior and cork towards exterior. 

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