PLB 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Absorptive Capacity, Glycoside, Horseradish

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10 Nov 2016
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An increase in stem and root length due to the activity of apical meristems at the tips of roots and at the buds of the stems. Apical meristem: an area of cell division at the tip of a stem or root in a plant; produces primary tissues. Bud: a dormant embryonic shoot that eventually develops into an apical meristem. An increase in a plant"s stem and root girth due to the activity of lateral meristems (the vascular cambium and cork cambium) Woody plants have secondary growth: also have primary growth. Secondary growth is localized, typically as long cylinders of active growth throughout the lengths of older stems and roots. Ground tissue system contains: cork cells, cork cambium cells, and cork parenchyma, parenchyma cells, collenchyma cells, and sclerenchyma cells, parenchyma cells, guard cells, and trichomes, sieve-tube members, companion cells, and fibers, tracheids, vessel elements and fibers.

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