Monday, August 26, 2013

Modified Root of a Plant

This radish plant is an example of a modified root of a plant. The radish is used to store a significant amount of carbohydrates, the plant uses these carbs as food so the radish is essentially food storage. This plant uses the taproot system where there is on large root with small off shoots, as opposed to the  fibrous root system some other plants use where there are many small roots.

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