Shoot System

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Shoot System: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Trailers, Stem, Creepers, Climbers, Offsets, Thorns, Tubers, Tendrils, Rhizomes, Cladodes, Buds in Plants, Stolons, Bulbils, Root Climbers, Aerial Stem Modification, Shoot System and, Underground Stem Modification

Important Questions on Shoot System

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Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched while the remaining three are correct?

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Which among the following plant is a twiner?

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Define twiners. Give some examples.

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Centella is a root climber.

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Which of the following is a creeper?

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Give some examples of the root climbers.

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Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.

Piper nigrum is a _____ climber. (stem, root, hook, tendril)

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Pothos is an example of root climber.

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Which of the following is an example of root climber?

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Tubers in potato is an example of root modification.

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Stem tubers are found in 

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Define Creepers.

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Piper nigrum is a 

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The underground stem modification in potato is called _____. (corm, tuber, bulb, rhizome)

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What is trailer stem ?

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Define hook climbers.

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Describe the external feature of thorns.

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Name some plants reproduced by offsets.

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Explain the vegetative propagation of stolons.

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_____ (node/meristematic) is the region of the plant where the leaves are born.