Buttress roots are asymmetrically thickened prop roots found at the base of certain trees. They render additional mechanical support to the trees. e.g. Salmalia, Terminalia etc.

Correct Option: C

Buttress roots are asymmetrically thickened prop roots found at the base of certain trees. They render additional mechanical support to the trees. e.g. Salmalia, Terminalia etc.

Screw pine (Pandanus) bear stilt roots. Trapa bears assimilatory roots. Orchid bears clinging roots.

Correct Option: B

Screw pine (Pandanus) bear stilt roots. Trapa bears assimilatory roots. Orchid bears clinging roots.

In the roots of soyabean plant, leghaemoglobin, a pigment with affinity for oxygen, is found.

Correct Option: B

In the roots of soyabean plant, leghaemoglobin, a pigment with affinity for oxygen, is found.

Sweet potato and turnip both are roots that become modified for special functions, the most common being the formation of tuberous roots for food storage.

Correct Option: D

Sweet potato and turnip both are roots that become modified for special functions, the most common being the formation of tuberous roots for food storage.

Halophytes growing in saline soils show vivipary for seed germination and have pneumatophores for gaseous exchange.

Correct Option: A

Halophytes growing in saline soils show vivipary for seed germination and have pneumatophores for gaseous exchange.