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Internal Morphology of Roots

The document describes a laboratory activity where students examine and compare the internal structures of monocot and dicot roots under a microscope. It includes objectives, methodology, results with labeled diagrams of the cross-sections of a dicot and monocot root, and questions about differentiating root structures and functions. The main differences highlighted are that dicot roots have secondary growth, a distinct pith, and ring-like vascular bundles, while monocot roots lack secondary growth and have indistinct pith and wedge-shaped vascular bundles.

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Internal Morphology of Roots

The document describes a laboratory activity where students examine and compare the internal structures of monocot and dicot roots under a microscope. It includes objectives, methodology, results with labeled diagrams of the cross-sections of a dicot and monocot root, and questions about differentiating root structures and functions. The main differences highlighted are that dicot roots have secondary growth, a distinct pith, and ring-like vascular bundles, while monocot roots lack secondary growth and have indistinct pith and wedge-shaped vascular bundles.

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Name: Lord Matthew R.

Remegia Date: 11-26-2022


Course & Section: BSES-1A Score: ________

Laboratory Activity #5
Internal Morphology of Roots
Introduction
The scientific field of morphology is concerned with the analysis of the structure and form of all living
things. It mainly refers to the study of the outward characteristics, shapes, and relative placements of
various plant parts in botany. The plant's root is often a subterranean component. The fixation and
absorption of water are its main functions. The root system refers to the root and its branches.

Many structural and morphological changes that growing roots experience have an impact on how they
function and absorb nutrients. They are extremely important to the environment and have a lot of
potential to help us increase the sustainability of agriculture. In addition to securing plants to the
ground, roots also serve to bind the soil together and stop erosion.

Objectives
• Identify the internal parts of a monocot and dicot root

Methodology

Specimen: Buttercup ( Ranunculus sp.) and corn (Zea mays)

Materials: Compound Microscope, prepared slides of a young dicot root and monocot root.

Procedure:

1. Examine a prepared slide of a x.s of a young dicot root.


2. Draw the x.s of young dicot root. Label all parts.
3. Examine a prepared slide of a x.s of a monocot root.
4. Draw the x.s section of monocot root and label the parts completely.

Results:
A. Draw the cross-section of a young dicot root. Label all parts.

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Root hair

Epidermis

Cortex

Endodermis

Pericycle

Xylem

Conjuctive tissue

Phloem

Meta-xylem

Proto-xylem

B. Draw the cross-section of a monocot root. Label all parts.

Root hair

Epidermis

Cortex

Endodermis

Pericycle

xylem

Pith

Phloem

Proto-xylem

Meta-xylem
Questions:

1. Compare the cells found on the different regions of the root.


3 primary regions: a region of active cell division, a region of elongation, where cells lengthen, and a
region of maturation, where cells separate to create various cell types. The vascular tissue in the
roots conducts sugars, minerals, and water.

2. Where do branch roots originate?


The parent root's pericycle, which is outside of the principal xylem, is where the branch root begins
to grow.

3. What is the significance of the pericycle?


Vascular plants' pericycle cells serve primarily as the plant's foundation, framework, and armor. The
xylem and phloem in the stem are enclosed by pericycle cells, which also support the plant's upright
posture and support growth.

4. How would you differentiate a monocot root from a dicot root?


The fibrous, many, thin roots that make up the monocot's roots branch out from the stem and
remain close to the soil's surface. A dicot root, on the other hand, is a taproot with a solitary,
substantial root that penetrates deeply into the soil and tiny lateral branches. The fibrous, many,
thin roots that make up the monocot's roots branch out from the stem and remain close to the soil's
surface. A dicot root, on the other hand, is a taproot with a solitary, substantial root that penetrates
deeply into the soil and tiny lateral branches.

5. Why are monocot roots slender and diffuse in appearance?


A monocot's roots are incapable of secondary thickening because they lack the vascular cambium,
which is where secondary xylem and phloem (or vascular tissue) grow.

6. How do endodermal cells differ from other types of cell?


The casparian strip, an impermeable membrane present in the endodermis cells, inhibits water from
the xylem tissues from recirculating into the cortical cells by blocking the passage of water between
the cells. Granules of starch serve as energy reservoirs in the endodermal cells. To generate the
energy required to maintain root pressure, the hydrolyzed starch deposits are utilised in respiration.
They have many of mitochondria, which supply the power required for the active pumping of ions
into the xylem that creates root pressure.

7. Complete the table below by comparing the cross-section of a monocot and dicot root.

DICOT ROOT MONOCOT ROOT


Arrangement of vascular ring-like “wedge-like” at the center
bundles (“wedge-like” at the
center or ring-like)
Pith (distinct or indistinct) Distinct Indistinct
Secondary Growth (present or Present Absent
absent)
Root cap (present or absent) Present Present
Root hairs (present or absent) Present Present
Dicot Root ( Ranunculus sp.)
Monocot root (Zea mays)

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