Multiple choice

Who gave Tunica Corpus Theory?

  1. Hofmeister

  2. Nageli

  3. Strasburger

  4. Schmidt

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Explanation

Schmidt in 1924 proposed this theory for the organisation of shoot apex. According to this theory, the shoot apex can be differentiated into two regions of unlike structure and appearance, a central core, the corpus with large cells dividing irregularly to result in volume growth. It is surrounded by an outer enveloping layer called the tunica.

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