● Roots in some plants `color{Violet}"change their shape and structure"` and become modified to perform functions other than absorption and conduction of water and minerals.
●They are `color{Violet}"modified"` for support, storage of food and respiration
● `color{Brown}"Storage Roots"`
`star` The roots get `color{Violet}"swollen"` and store food materials.
`star` Example: Tap roots in carrot, turnip, radish and adventitious roots in sweet potato, etc.
● `color{Brown}"Prop Roots"`
`star` They are huge `color{Violet}"pillar-like outgrowths"` of the aerial branches, which show downward growth.
`star` They become `color{Violet}"large and woody"`, to `color{Violet}"support"` the expanding canopy of the tree.
`star` Example : Banyan.
● `color{Brown}"Stilt Roots"`
`star` These are the `color{Violet}"supporting roots"` which arise from the `color{Violet}"lower nodes"` of the stem.
`star` Example: Maize and Sugar cane.
● `color{Brown}"Pneumatophores"`
`star` These are the branches of roots that `color{Violet}"come out of the ground"` and grow `color{Violet}"vertically upwards"`.
`star` They have openings called `color{Violet}"pneumathodes"` for exchange of gases like `color{Violet}"oxygen for respiration"`.
`star` These are found in plants which grow in `color{Violet}"swampy areas"`.
`star` Example: Rhizophora
● Roots in some plants `color{Violet}"change their shape and structure"` and become modified to perform functions other than absorption and conduction of water and minerals.
●They are `color{Violet}"modified"` for support, storage of food and respiration
● `color{Brown}"Storage Roots"`
`star` The roots get `color{Violet}"swollen"` and store food materials.
`star` Example: Tap roots in carrot, turnip, radish and adventitious roots in sweet potato, etc.
● `color{Brown}"Prop Roots"`
`star` They are huge `color{Violet}"pillar-like outgrowths"` of the aerial branches, which show downward growth.
`star` They become `color{Violet}"large and woody"`, to `color{Violet}"support"` the expanding canopy of the tree.
`star` Example : Banyan.
● `color{Brown}"Stilt Roots"`
`star` These are the `color{Violet}"supporting roots"` which arise from the `color{Violet}"lower nodes"` of the stem.
`star` Example: Maize and Sugar cane.
● `color{Brown}"Pneumatophores"`
`star` These are the branches of roots that `color{Violet}"come out of the ground"` and grow `color{Violet}"vertically upwards"`.
`star` They have openings called `color{Violet}"pneumathodes"` for exchange of gases like `color{Violet}"oxygen for respiration"`.
`star` These are found in plants which grow in `color{Violet}"swampy areas"`.
`star` Example: Rhizophora