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MERISTEMATIC TISSUE

These are living tissues which are capable of division


throughout life.

These tissues are found in growing regions of plants.


MERISTEMATIC TISSUE

Cells have thin cell wall and are compactly packed.

Cells contain dense cytoplasm and do not have


vacuoles.

Cells contain prominent and large nucleus.


Function of Meristematic Tissue

Meristematic tissue is responsible for the growth in length


and width(girth) of plant body.
Classification of Meristematic Tissue

01  On the basis of their location, meristematic tissues are of


three types-

Shoot
APICAL MERISTEM
Node
Apical
INTERCALARY meristem Intercalary
MERISTEM Meristem

LATERAL MERISTEM
Lateral
meristem
Root

Apical Stem
meristem
APICAL MERISTEM

It is present at the growing


tips of shoot and roots.
Shoot

They are responsible for


increase in the length of shoot
and root.

Root
INTERCALARY MERISTEM

Node

These are present at the base of leaf or internode.


They are responsible for the growth in length of plant organs.
LATERAL MERISTEM
It lies on the lateral sides of stem and root.
It helps in increasing the diameter (girth) of plant, hence
helps in secondary growth.

Stem
02  Based on function-

Protoderm- It develops epidermal tissue system.

Ground meristems- It develops cortex and pith.

Procambium- It makes vascular tissue.

Phloem
Xylem
Spot light
Meristematic tissue are free from virus because meristem has
continuously and rapidly dividing cells. These cells have a high
rate of metabolism and viruses cannot replicate in such cells.
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Why plants consume less energy as compared to animals?

𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Vacuoles are absent in active tissue or meristematic tissue.


Why it is so?

𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫
Activity
Aim

To demonstrate that apical meristem causes growth in


length of root.
Method

Take two glass jars. Fill them with water.

Place an onion bulb over the mouth of each jar in such a


way that stem base of the bulb dips in water.

Observe daily. Roots develop from the base of the bulbs in


both the jars.

Measure the length of the roots daily.

On fourth day, remove 1 cm long apical portion of the


roots of bulb (1)

Measure the lengths of the roots in both the bulbs on fifth


and sixth day.
Observation

It is seen that roots of bulb (2) continue to grow on fifth


and sixth day.
They stop growing in case of bulb (1).
The difference between the two
jars is that in bulb (2), the root
apical meristems are intact while
in bulb (1), the root apical
meristems have been removed.
Conclusion

Apical meristem is responsible for growth in length of the


root.

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