Types of Roots
This root is broad at the top and tapers gradually downward.
Conical Root
The primary function of modified storage roots.
storage of food
This vegetable has a conical root.
carrot
These roots hang from branches and enter the soil.
Prop Roots
Which root modification is found in waterlogged soils
Pneumatophores
This root is swollen in the middle and tapers at both ends.
Fusiform Root
Prop roots mainly help the plant perform this function.
support
This vegetable has a fusiform root.
Radish
The classic example of a plant with prop roots.
Banyan Tree
Name the pores present on pneumatophores.
Lenticels
This root is spherical at the top and slender below.
Napiform Root
Pneumatophores help plants carry out this process.
respiration (gaseous exchange)
This plant has tuberous adventitious roots.
Sweet Potato
These roots arise from lower stem nodes and grow obliquely into the soil.
Stilt Roots
Identify the root modification: "Stores food and helps in vegetative propagation."
Tuberous Root
This adventitious root has no definite shape and stores food.
Tuberous Root
Roots that produce new plants perform this function.
vegetative propagation
This flowering plant has fasciculated roots.
Dahlia
Name one crop plant with stilt roots.
Maize or Sugarcane
A root swollen in the middle and tapering at both ends is called _____.
Fusiform Root
These roots occur in clusters at the base of the stem.
Fasciculated Roots
Root modifications help plants adapt to these changing conditions.
environment
These plants commonly possess pneumatophores.
Mangroves
Support roots prevent plants from doing this.
toppling/falling over
A root swollen in the middle and tapering at both ends is called _____.
Fusiform root