NEETBiologyAnatomy of Flowering PlantsMCQ+4 / −1
A common structural feature of vessel elements
and sieve tube elements is-
- AEnucleate condition
- BPresence of p-protein
- CThick secondary walls
- DPores on lateral wall
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Correct answer: A
In plants, conducting tissue xylem has an important integral cell as xylem vessel which is enucleate. The phloem on other hand has a row of sieve tubes which are also enucleate at maturity.
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