Secondary Growth in Plants
Secondary Growth in Plants: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Formation of Cambial Ring, Activity of the Cambial Ring, Secondary Xylem, Secondary Phloem, Primary Xylem, Spring Wood, Autumn Wood, Periderm, Bark, Cork Cambium, etc.
Important Questions on Secondary Growth in Plants

Secondary growth in extrasteler region is due to activity of

What is the position of oldest secondary phloem?

The wood is actually a

Which of the following is a part of periderm?
a. Cork
b. Secondary phloem
c. Intrafascicular cambium
d. Primary xylem

Heartwood differs from sapwood in


What is true about cork cambium?

Which of the following is an incorrect difference between heartwood and sapwood?

State true (T) or false (F) to the given statements and select the correct option.
(a) Annual rings are distinct in plants growing in temperate regions.
(b) Lenticels occur in most woody trees and permit the exchange of gasses.
(c) Due to stelar secondary growth central cylinder of wood surrounded by secondary phloem is formed.
(d) The cells of the endodermis opposite to protoxylem divided to give rise to vascular cambium in dicot roots.

Which of the following is true for the dicot roots?

Bark refers to all tissues exterior to the

In a stem which is covered by periderm and in which stomata are absent, gaseous exchange takes place through:

The feature which is common to both heartwood and sapwood is

Besides phellem, phellogen, root periderm comprises of

The heartwood cannot conduct water because of

Which of the following is the function of heartwood?

Growth rings are generally well marked in trees growing in

An annual ring is formed by

The wood is, in fact, a
