While walking through garden, Kapil plucked the tips of some flowering plants. Gardner saw him doing this and persuaded him not to do so as it is not good for plant growth.(i) What happens to the plants if their tips are removed? (ii) What are meristems?

(i) In flowering plants, apical meristems are present at the tips of the branches. It consists of undifferentiated cells capable of cell division. If the tips are removed, the longitudinal growth of the plants is ceased.

(ii) Meristems are the tissue present in plants that are composed of undifferentiated cells. These cells further divide to form new tissues and organs that occur in plants.

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Updated on: 16-Jan-2023

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