Aerenchyma is helpful in plants by

Question

Aerenchyma is helpful in plants by (A) providing buoyancy in hydrophytes (B) absorption in stilt roots (C) giving mechanical strength to plant (D) giving flexibility to plants

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Aerenchyma is a type of parenchyma. Which contains air spaces. Due to the presence of air spaces, aerenchyma provides buoyancy to the plants and helps in floating and gaseous exchange. The tissues responsible for providing mechanical strength to plants are collenchyma and sclerenchyma.

Q. Aerenchyma is helpful in plants by

providing buoyancy in hydrophytes

absorption in stilt roots

giving mechanical strength to plant

giving flexibility to plants

Aerenchyma is a type of parenchyma. Which contains air spaces. Due to the presence of air spaces, aerenchyma provides buoyancy to the plants and helps in floating and gaseous exchange. The tissues responsible for providing mechanical strength to plants are collenchyma and sclerenchyma.