In which one of the following, would you expect to find glyoxysomes?

Endosperm of wheat

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Endosperm of castor

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Palisade cells in leaf

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Root hairs

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Solution

The correct option is B Endosperm of castor
Glyoxysomes are microbodies. These microbodies occur only in fat rich plant cells like castor seeds where they take part in $β$ -oxidation of fats and perform glyoxylate cycle. Glyoxysomes possess catalase enzyme.

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