Question
Enlist the important characteristics of stem.
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Answer
Characteristics of stem:
- Stem is the ascending part of the plant body which develops from plumule and reproductive units.
- It is usually positively phototropic, negatively geotropic and negatively hydrotropic.
- It shows different types of buds (axillary, apical, accessory, etc.).
- It is differentiated into nodes and intemodes.
- At nodes it produces dissimilar organs such as leaves and flowers and similar organs such as branches.
- Young stem is green and capable of photosynthesis.
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