MCQ
Presence of bundle sheath is a characteristic of
- AXerophytic plants
- BMembers of grass family
- ✓$C_{4}$-plants
- D$C_{3}-$ plants
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
$C_{4}$-plants
c
$C_{4}$-plants have Kranz anatomy in their leaves. In this leaf, the vascular bundle is surrounded by bundle sheath and mesophyll cells. Chloroplasts in the bundle sheath cells lack grana, while mesophyll chloroplasts are normal, e.g. sugarcane, maize, Euphorbia, Amaranthus, Sorghum, Portulacaand Chenopodium.
$C_{4}$-plants have Kranz anatomy in their leaves. In this leaf, the vascular bundle is surrounded by bundle sheath and mesophyll cells. Chloroplasts in the bundle sheath cells lack grana, while mesophyll chloroplasts are normal, e.g. sugarcane, maize, Euphorbia, Amaranthus, Sorghum, Portulacaand Chenopodium.
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