Question

Conjunctive cells are present only in dicot root and absent in monocot roots.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in examination.

This interesting question is from Anatomy of Dicotyledonous Plant topic in section Anatomy of Flowering Plants of Biology – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) True

Easiest explanation: Conjunctive cells are present only in dicot root and absent in monocot roots. These are the cells that lie in between xylem and phloem of a dicot root. Such kind of cells are absent in monocot root.