Question

During a natural disaster, part of a plant was damaged. If the plant can no longer grow and produce new root cells, which part of the plant likely suffered damage?Question options:A) Root capB) XylemC) Apical meristemD) Phloem

Answer 1

Root damage

If a plant cannot grow and produce new root cells, the tissue that is damaged is the root apical meristem (option c), since it is the meristematic tissue whose divisions give rise to cells that, after differentiating, form the adult root tissues