Modification of root

Storage roots

Epiphytic or Aerial absorbing Roots e.g., Orchids.

Assimilatory roots

Respiratory roots or pneumatophores

Sucking roots or haustoria

Storage roots

Tap roots of carrot, radish, turnip and adventitious roots of sweet potato, dahlia get swollen and store food

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Cork Cambium

Another meristematic tissue called cork cambium or phellogen develops, usually in the cortex region

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Cork Cambium

Phellogen cuts off cells on both sides. The outer cells differentiate into cork or phellem, while the inner cells differentiate into secondary cortex or phelloderm.

Phellogen, phellem, and phelloderm are collectively known as periderm

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Secondary Growth in Roots

In the dicot root, the vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin.

It originates from the tissue located just below the phloem bundles, a portion of pericycle tissue

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