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Xylem undergoes secondary growth, forms a protoxylem. The protoxylem lies next to the phloem, What kind of xylem’s arrangement it would be called?
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Xylem undergoes secondary growth, forms a protoxylem. The protoxylem lies next to the phloem, What kind of xylem’s arrangement it would be called?

Hint: protoxylem is the first formed primary xylem that matures before other organs complete their elongation.

Solution:

a.If the protoxylem lies next to the phloem, this type of arrangement of xylem is known as Exarch.(towards the periphery)

b.The arrangement of the xylem towards the periphery is termed as exarch condition viz. found in the dicot and monocot root system.

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