Show the tissues in the transverse and longitudinal section of the woody and non-woody stem, on diagram.

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Chapter30: Plant Form And Physiology
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Problem 1VCQ: Figure 30.7 Which layers of the stem are made of parenchyma cells? cortex and pith epidermis...
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Show the tissues in the transverse and longitudinal section of the woody
and non-woody stem, on diagram.
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Woody stem has the following parts moving from inside towards the outer side- pith, xylem for the transport of water and nutrients, cambium, phloem for the transport of food and organic nutrients, and bark present outside covering and protecting the stem.

Non- woody stem is found in herbaceous plants and lacks vascular cambium and is composed of outer epidermis, vascular bundles (xylem and phloem with cambium present in between), and parenchyma

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