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What is a root apical meristem protected by?
A root apical meristem is protected by a root cap as it pushes through the abrasive soil. The root cap also secretes a polysaccharide slime that lubricates the soil around the tip of the root.
What is the functions of the root cap in the plant?
The root cap protects the root from injury from rocks as the root grows through the soil.
What is a large root that grows straight down called?
A large root that grows straight down is called a taproot. Taproots are common in plants such as carrots, beets, and radishes, and they help anchor the plant in the soil and absorb water and nutrients from deep underground.
What will happen if your tooth root grows through your gum?
Go to the dentist and they might pull it out for you
What protects the root as it is going through the soil?
The root cap, which is a structure of specialized cells located at the tip of a plant root, protects the root as it grows through the soil. The root cap helps to prevent damage to the delicate growing tip as it pushes through the soil particles.
Why is the buttress root also called as prop root and stilt root?
A buttress root is NOT called a prop root. A buttress root is a big, thick, snake-like root that runs on the surface of the ground near the tree and helps to hold the tree firmly in place. A prop root/stilt root is a root that grows out of a branch and grows down to the ground to enter into the earth and to help hold the plant steady.
Teak plant has fibres root or tap root?
it grows in tap root but some try it is fibres root i recommed that you use tap root thought
Is root cap absent in xerophytes?
No, root caps are not absent in xerophytes. They are present in xerophytes just like in other plant species. Root caps are important for protecting the root apical meristem as the root grows through the soil, regardless of the plant's environment.
Is horseradish a root?
Rhubarb grows from a root, called a Crown
Does the taproot grow down or up?
A taproot is a plant's first, and normally deepest root, it grows down. In most plants the other roots branch off of the taproot.
What is an aerial root?
An aerial root is an adventitious root which grows from a plant stem above the ground.
What grows out of a sunflower seed first?
The root.
