Home
Class 11
BIOLOGY
What is the commercial source of cork? H...

What is the commercial source of cork? How is it formed in the plant?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Commercially cork is obtained from cork cambium of plant. The cork of bottle is made from it. Cork is made from cells of cork the cambium. The cells of cork cambium cut the cells from inside and outside periclinally. The cells which are cut outside become suberised and die.
They are radially arranged in rows without of intercellular spaces and arranged properly. That creates phellem. Phloem is impermeable for water due to suberin and protects following tissues.
Doubtnut Promotions Banner Mobile Dark
|

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise SECTION-E SOLUTION OF NCERT EXEMPLAR (LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)|6 Videos
  • ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise QUESTIONS FROM MODULE (IMPORTANT MCQ FOR NEET)|6 Videos
  • ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise SECTION-E SOLUTION OF NCERT EXEMPLAR (Very Short Type Questions)|13 Videos
  • ANIMAL KINGDOM

    KUMAR PRAKASHAN|Exercise OBJECTIVE SECTION (FILL IN THE BLANKS)|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

What is a cork?

What is a cork?

Knowledge Check

  • What is the source of EcoRI ?

    A
    E coli R I
    B
    E. coli RI 13
    C
    E.coli RY 13
    D
    E.coli RX 13
  • Similar Questions

    Explore conceptually related problems

    What is the special character of cork tissue ?

    What is the main source of soil formation ?

    What is the commercial unit of electrical energy?

    What is the prime source of taxonomic studies?

    What are the conventional sources of energy ?

    What is a good source of energy ?

    What is the pH of acidic buffer ? How it is formed ?