Looking through the microscope, I will check if the following features are observed.
• Vascular bundles in the dicot stem are arranged in a ring whereas in monocot stem vascular bundles are scattered throughout the ground tissue.
• Based on the arrangement of vascular bundles, it can be ascertained whether the young stem is dicot or monocot.
• In addition to the indistinguishable ground tissue, sclerenchymatous hypodermis, spherical or egg-shaped vascular bundles with Y-shaped xylem are other distinguishing characteristics of monocot stem.
Define the inner structure of a dorsiventral leaf by using a labeled diagram.
What is periderm? How does periderm development occur in the dicot stems?
In what way is the study of plant anatomy beneficial to us?
Mention the three fundamental tissue systems in the flowering plants. Provide the tissue names under each system.
What is the stomatal apparatus? With the help of diagrammatic representation describe the structure of stomata and label its parts.