Respiration in the woody stem of a plant takes place through

Lenticels

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Stomata

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Bark

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None of the above

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The correct option is A Lenticels
The stems of woody plants have lenticels, which are specialized openings for gaseous exchange. It is a porous tissue which possesses the cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of dicotyledonous flowering plants.

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The breathing and respiration in woody stem of a plant takes place through :
(a) root hair
(b) lenticels
(c) closed stomata
(d) open stomata

Name the woody stem through which respiratory exchange of gases takes place .

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