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Root growth from stem cuttings
The person cut a stem from one of the tomato plants. The cut stem was placed in soil to grow new roots.
Which tissue in the cut stem will differentiate into new root cells? Tick one box.
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- 1 Selects Meristem.
Why this answer loses marks
Choose a leaf tissue because the cutting came from a plant.
The cue is differentiation into new root cells, so the selected tissue must be the plant growth tissue rather than a mature leaf tissue.