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Root shoot system
The document discusses the different types of roots in plants and their functions. It identifies 8 main types of roots: 1) aerial roots, 2) pneumatophores, 3) contractile roots, 4) parasitic roots, 5) food storage roots, 6) water storage roots, 7) buttress roots, and 8) root nodules. The major functions of roots are to anchor the plant and transport water and nutrients from the soil.
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Overview of the root-shoot system, major root functions like anchorage and transport, and the internal structures of roots.
Overview of the root-shoot system, major root functions like anchorage and transport, and the internal structures of roots.
Different types of roots including aerial, adventitious, prop, pneumatophores, contractile, parasitic, food storage, and water storage roots.
Introduction to the shoot system, the internal structure of stems, leaf parts, and the process of transpiration from leaves.
Introduction to the shoot system, the internal structure of stems, leaf parts, and the process of transpiration from leaves.
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- 4. What are themajor functions of roots? Anchorage Transport system
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- 7. TYPES OF ROOTS 1.Aerial Roots (Adventitious Roots) -Prop Roots 2. Pneumatophores 3. Contractile Roots 4. Parasitic Roots (Haustoria) 5. Food Storage Roots 6. Water Storage Roots 7. Buttress Roots 8. Root Nodule
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- 9. ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS A termreferring to the root that rises along a stem and any part aside other than the root of the plant.
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- 13. PARASITIC ROOTS(HAUSTORIAL ROOTS) Witchshoelaces, dodder, strangleweed
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- 16. WATER STORAGE ROOTS Awater storage root weighing over 25 kilograms (60 pounds).
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- 21. TRANSPIRATION Loss of waterfrom leaves