Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants

NEET (UG) 2024 — Question 127

Bulliform cells are responsible for

Answer: A

In grasses, certain adaxial epidermal cells along the veins modify themselves into large, empty,

colourless cells. These are called bulliform cells. When the bulliform cells in the leaves have absorbed

water and are turgid, the leaf surface is exposed. When they are flaccid due to water stress, they make

the leaves curl inwards to minimise water loss.

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