Before revision: Primary growth in roots 10x microscope image of a root tip with meristem: 1. quiescent center (consisting of rarely dividing stem cells); 2. calyptrogen (live root cap cells); 3. root cap; 4. sloughed of dead root cap cells; 5. meristem Evolution has provided plants with a way of dealing with the injuries created as the root system burrows its way through soil that contain objects that injure the root buds.
After revision: Primary growth in roots 10x microscope image off a root tip with meristem: 1. quiescent center (consisting of rarely dividing stem cells); 2. calyptrogen (live root cap cells); 3. root cap; 4. sloughed of dead root cap cells; 5. meristem Evolution has provided plants with a way of dealing with the injuries created as the root system burrows its way through soil that contain objects that injure the root buds.