Among the following options, which one could be a monocot root?

Among the following options, which one could be a monocot root?
  1. T.S. of Root with 2 Xylem bundles
  2. T.S. of Root with 4 Xylem bundles
  3. T.S. of Root with 8 Xylem Bundles
  4. T.S. of Root without any Xylem Bundles

Solution

As compared to the dicot root which have fewer xylem bundles, there are usually more than six (polyarch) xylem bundles in the monocot root.

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