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Why don't monocot root increase in thickness as much as dicot roots do?
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Monocot plant do not contain endosperm unlike dicot plants. This is the reason why monocot roots do not increase in thickness as much as dicot roots do.
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What is the difference between the arrangement of vascular tissue in the stems of dicots and monocots?
In young dicot and monocot stems do not increase in thickness. Xylem and phloem are arranged in vascular bundles in the cortex. In older stems and all woody stems, the vascular tissues form a cylinder between the cortex and the pith. The vascular bundles in a monocot are scattered throughout the stem.
Is a taproot system a monocot or dicot?
Dicots have tap roots. Monocots have fiberous roots.
Is blackberry monocot or dicot?
dicots
Do monocots have vascular cambium?
no there is no cambium present in monocot roots.
Is a gourd seed monocot or dicot?
Squash is a dicot. Dicots have four or five parts of each flower. They have two leaves in each seed. Roots develop from the radicle, and secondary growth is often present.
How can you determined if the flower is monocot or dicot by looking at the floral roots alone?
monocot is bigger than dicot
Is corn dicot or monocot root?
first of all Monocot and Dicot are seeds not roots but corn is a Monocot seed because it does not have to cotyledons........
What are the two difference of roots?
Monocot and dicot
Are vascular budles foound only in dicot roots?
No, these are found in dicot & monocot's root, stem and leaves.
What is the difference between the arrangement of vascular tissue in the stems of dicots and monocots?
In young dicot and monocot stems do not increase in thickness. Xylem and phloem are arranged in vascular bundles in the cortex. In older stems and all woody stems, the vascular tissues form a cylinder between the cortex and the pith. The vascular bundles in a monocot are scattered throughout the stem.
Is a taproot system a monocot or dicot?
Dicots have tap roots. Monocots have fiberous roots.
Why do many dicot roots contain cambium but monocot roots do not?
because mono-cots have open vascular bundle.
How is dicot different from monocot?
Monocot is differnet from dicot because of many reasons. One of the reasons is that monocots seeds have one part, while dicot seeds have two parts. Also monocot leaves have parallel veins, and dicot have net-veined leaves. Monocot flowers come in parts of threes, and dicot flowers come in parts of fours and fives. Monocot stems have scattered vascular bundles, and dicot bundles come in a ring. The roots of monocot are fibrous, and the ones of dicot are traproots. Those are some of the differences of Monocots and Dicots
Is an adventerous root monocot or dicot?
Adventitious roots in the form of fibrous roots are generally produced by monocots but there are several examples of Dicots also producing adv. roots.
How are leaves of a tap root plant different from the leaves on a fibrous root plant?
Tap roots are generally found in dicot plants and fibrous roots in monocots. The dicot leaves are dorsiventral and have reticulate venation. The monocot leaves are isobilateral and have parallel venation.
What distinguishes a monocot leaf from a dicot leaf based on external structures?
what is the deifference between a monocot and a dicot?1. A monocot plant has one cotyledon (scutellum) in its embryo whereas a dicot plant has two cotyledones.2. A moncot plant has generally isobilateral leaf with parallel venation whereas a diicot plant has dorsiventral leaf with reticulate venation.3. The vascular bundles in monocot plants are without intrafasicular cambium whereas in dicot the vascular bundles has cambium in between xylem and phloem.a monocot has a one seed cotyledon(the word "mono" means "one")..while the dicot has a two seed cotyledon...
Is the Gerbera daisy monocot or dicot?
The Daisy is a dicot and belongs to the family Asteraceae.
