Multiple choice

Dicot plants are generally characterised by dorsiventral leaves. Which among the following statements regarding the transverse section through the midrib region of a typical dorsiventral leaf is false?

  1. Veins represent the vascular bundles.

  2. Spongy parenchyma contains very few chloroplasts.

  3. Palisade parenchyma contains a very large number of chloroplasts.

  4. Mesophyll is exclusively composed of sclerenchymatous cells.

  5. Intercellular spaces are absent in epidermis.
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Explanation

Mesophyll is the ground tissue that occurs between the two epidermal layers. It is exclusively composed of chlorenchyma cells. The mesophyll is characteristically differentiated into two regions, namely an upper palisade parenchyma and a lower spongy parenchyma.

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