Which of the following statement is not true for stomatal apparatus?
1. Guard cells invariably possess chloroplasts and mitochondria
2. Guard cells are always surrounded by subsidiary cells
3. Stomata are involved in gaseous exchange
4. Inner walls of guard cells are thick
Subtopic:  Epidermal Tissue System |
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NEET - 2013
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Inland plants, the guard cells differ from other epidermal cells in having:

1.  mitochondria

2.  endoplasmic reticulum

3.  chloroplasts

4.  cytoskeleton

Subtopic:  Epidermal Tissue System |
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AIPMT - 2011
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Given below is the diagram of a stomatal apparatus. In which of the following, all the four parts labelled as A, B, C and D are correctly identified:

 

          A           B          C           D
1. Guard cell Stomatal aperture Subsidiary Cell Epidermal Cell
2. Epidermal Cell Guard Cell Stomatal aperture Subsidiary cell
3. Epidermal Cell Subsidiary Cell Stomatal aperture Guard Cell
4. Subsidiary Cell Epidermal Cell Guard Cell Stomatal aperture
Subtopic:  Epidermal Tissue System |
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AIPMT - 2010
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Guard cells help in:
1. protection against grazing
2. transpiration
3. guttation
4. fighting against infection

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AIPMT - 2009
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