Question

Plasmodesmata were discovered and named by

• A. Hanstein
• B. Kolliker
• C. Strasburger
• D. Garnier

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Strasburger

• Plasmodesmata are intercellular channels that traverse the cell walls of plants and few algal cells.
  
• Adjacent plant cells are separated by the of cell walls and the middle lamella, layer of the cell wall forms these channels through which direct, regulated and symplastic transport of substances takes place between the cells.
• These cytoplasmic connections were discovered by Eduard Tangle in the year 1879 and were named as plasmodesmata by Strasburger the year 1901,
• So, the correct answer is 'Strasburger'.