NEET Biology question

Organization of stem apex into corpus and tunica is determined mainly by

(A)Planes of cell divisionCorrect
(B)Regions of meristematic activity
(C)Rate of cell growth
(D)Rate of shoot tip growth

Answer: (A)

Solution

According to Schmidt's tunica-corpus theory, the shoot apex is organised into a peripheral tunica (showing only anticlinal divisions) and an inner corpus (showing

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