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Ananya Shree

Class 11th
Biology
2 years ago

What is periderm? How does periderm formation take place in the dicot stems?

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Phellogen, phellem, and phelloderm are collectively known as periderm. Phellogen develops, usually in the cortex region. Phellogen is a couple of layers thick. It is made of narrow, thin-walled, and nearly rectangular cells. Phellogen cuts off cells on both sides. The outer cells differentiate into cork or phellem while the inner cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phelloderm. The cork is impervious to water due to suberin deposition in the cell wall. The cells of the secondary cortex are parenchymatous.

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