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The document discusses modifications to plant roots and stems. It provides examples of roots that are modified for food storage, nitrogen fixation, and mechanical support. Roots of carrots, radishes and turnips are swollen for food storage. Legume roots have nodules that house rhizobia bacteria for nitrogen fixation. Prop roots of banyan trees and stilt roots of sugarcane provide mechanical support. Pneumatophores on mangrove roots allow for gas exchange. Stems are also modified, as seen in ginger, potato,

Author

Sachin Baid

Language

EN