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Assertion :Sclereids are found in fruit walls of nuts, the pulp of fruits like guava, pear, and sapota, and seed coats of legumes. Reason: Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead cells with narrow lumen.
Assertion :Sclereids are found in fruit walls of nuts, the pulp of fruits like guava, pear, and sapota, and seed coats of legumes. Reason: Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical, highly thickened dead cells with narrow lumen.
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The correct option is B Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
Sclereids are spherical, oval, highly thickened dead cells with very narrow cavities. They are also branched. Sclereids provide strength to seed covering and form stony endocarp of many fruits called stone fruits, such as coconut. Sclerids are found in fruit walls of nuts, the pulp of fruits like guava, pear, and sapota, and seed coats of legumes. Both the given assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.So, the correct answer is B.
Sclereids are spherical, oval, highly thickened dead cells with very narrow cavities. They are also branched. Sclereids provide strength to seed covering and form stony endocarp of many fruits called stone fruits, such as coconut. Sclerids are found in fruit walls of nuts, the pulp of fruits like guava, pear, and sapota, and seed coats of legumes. Both the given assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation for assertion.
So, the correct answer is B.
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