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  4. In plants growing in marshy saline soils, the major function of roots that grow in the air above is to :

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Q. In plants growing in marshy saline soils, the major function of roots that grow in the air above is to :

EAMCETEAMCET 1997

Solution:

The marshy area contains exess of salts. Due to which the roots under the soil surface do not respire properly so some special roots arise on the soil surface called pncumatophores or breathing roots.