The main function of bulliform cells in grasses is:
1. to make the leaf impermeable to fungal spores.
2. to perform photosynthesis.
3. to minimize water loss during water stress.
4. to transport water.
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Bulliform cells are responsible for
1. Protecting the plant from salt stress.
2. Increased photosynthesis in monocots.
3. Providing large spaces for storage of sugars.
4. Inward curling of leaves in monocots.
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Large, empty colourless cells of the adaxial epidermis along the veins of grass leaves are:

1. Lenticels 2. Guard cells
3. Bundle sheath cells 4. Bulliform cells
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Grass leaves curl inwards during very dry weather. Select the most appropriate reason from the following :

1. Tyloses in vessels

2. Closure of stomata 

3. Flaccidity of bulliform cells

4. Shrinkage of air spaces in spongy mesophyll

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