Question

Intercalary meristem results in
A. Secondary Growth
B. Primary Growth
C. Apical Growth
D. Secondary Thickening
E. Secondary Outgrowth

Answer 1

Hint: Intercalary meristem is a type of meristem tissue in plants. Meristem is a tissue having cells which are capable of doing cell divisions. The meristems are mainly associated with growth in plants. There are three types of meristematic tissues. They are: apical meristem, intercalary meristem and lateral meristem.

Complete Answer:
- Intercalary meristem is the type of meristematic tissue that is associated with the growth of length in the middle of the plant.
- Intercalary meristems are considerably found in monocotyledonous plants, like grasses.
- We can find the Intercalary meristem in the middle portion by the length as being associated with the growth of meristematic tissues. Basically, in the bases of nodes and leaf blades, the meristematic cells divide in mitosis cell division. This growth is thus linked to the intercalary growth.

In this aspect, we can say that the Intercalary meristem results in Primary growth.

Note: As we can find meristematic cells in the plants, three different types can be categorized. They are a) apical meristem, which are located in terminal positions, b) intercalary meristems, which are mainly found in the nodes of certain monocotyledonous plants and c) by the sides of the plants, the lateral meristems are found. It is found through various researches that through this Primary-type of Intercalary growth, these plants are able to regrow their leaves and elongated stems so that it could be compensated as soon after the herbivores graze those parts of the plants.