Q. Periderm is produced from
A) Cork cambium
B) Procambium
C) Secondary cortex
D) Vascular cambium
Explanation
The periderm consists of phellem (cork), phellogen (cork cambium) and phelloderm. The Phellogen develops in the epidermis, the cortex, the phloem or the root pericycle and produces phellem towards the outside and phelloderm towards the inside.
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