Question

What is the difference between aerenchyma and chlorenchyma?

Answer 1

Aerenchyma and Chlorenchyma

1. Aerenchyma, is a spongy tissue from gaps or air channels in the leaves, stems, and roots of various plants, allowing gases to flow between the shoot and the ground.
   
2. Chlorenchyma is a parenchyma cell with chloroplasts that manufactures food by photosynthesis.

Aerenchyma	Chlorenchyma
1. They have thin cell walls.	Unevenly thickened corners of the cell walls.
2. Aerenchyma provides turgidity to the soft parts of the plants.	2. Chlorenchyma provides mechanical strength and flexibility to the plant and plays a role in performing photosynthesis.
3. It primarily occurs in the stems and leaves of aquatic plants.	3. It primarily occurs in the mesophyll of all green leaves.