Question
Defferentiate between: (b) coleoptile and coleorrhiza
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Answer
| S.No. | Coleoptile | Coleorrhiza |
| 1. | The sheath that encloses shoot apex and leaf primorolia is called coleoptile in grasses and cereals. | The sheath that covers radicle is called coleorrhiza in cereals and grasses. |
| 2. | It protects the plumule during its emergence from soil. | It does not protect radicle during its growth in soil. |
| 3. | After emerging from soil, coleoptile turns green and carries out photosynthesis. | It remains nongreen as it never emerges out of soil. |
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