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Explain how the following tissues are adapted to provide mechanical support in plants (a) Parenchyma (b) Collenchyma

      

Explain how the following tissues are adapted to provide mechanical support in plants
a) Parenchyma
b) Collenchyma

  

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Francis
(a) Parenchyma.
-Has relatively large thin-walled cells.
-Their cells have inter cellular air spaces among them.
-Protoplasts of their cells contain chloroplasts

(b) Collenchyma
- Ability to stretch due to their nonlignified cell walls
- Elongated or cylindrical structure which maximizes support.
franco crick answered the question on April 12, 2018 at 13:38


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