E8: The Root
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buttress (adventitous)
vertically elongated basal part of the stem, appear like planks
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climbing (adventitous)
arise from the nodes and attach themselves to some support to climb over it
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pneumatophores (lateral)
root grows vertically out of swamp for better gaseous exchange
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prop (adventitious)
roots hang downward to support heavy branches
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root nodules (lateral)
single beads containing nitrogen
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storage roots (taproot)
swollen to store nutrients
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strangling (adventitious)
downward growth surrounding host stem
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pericycle
Where do lateral roots arise from?
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Casparian strip of suberin molecules
hydrophobic component of endodermis
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epidermal cell
origin of root hair
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