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Ground plan<br />

A sector enlarged<br />

Fig. 2.11. T.S. of Maize root<br />

parenchymatous cells. This forms a complete ring around the stele. There<br />

is a band like structure made of suberin present in the radial and transverse<br />

walls of the endodermal cells. They are called Casparian strips named<br />

after Casparay who first noted the strips.<br />

84<br />

Root hair<br />

Rhizodermis<br />

Cortex<br />

Endodermis<br />

Pith<br />

Root hair<br />

Rhizodermis<br />

Cortex<br />

Passage cell<br />

Casparian strip<br />

Endodermis<br />

Pericycle<br />

Passage cell<br />

Phloem<br />

Protoxylem<br />

Metaxylem<br />

Pith

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