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Food storage occurs in different parts of plants, including roots (carrot), stems (potato), and leaves (cabbage). This follows from NCERT principle where the relation explains the outcome clearly for students in simple steps.
Ref: NCERT Biology Textbook for Class XI and XII (Botany section), Chapter: Morphology and Anatomy of Flowering Plants, Topic: Plant structure and tissue systems.
The cortex of dicot roots consists of parenchymatous cells that store food and nutrients.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants Anatomy of Dicot and Monocot Root
Parenchyma is responsible for food storage and, when containing chloroplasts, participates in photosynthesis.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants Meristematic and Permanent Tissues - Simple and Complex
Members of Kingdom Animalia are multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes whose cells lack cell walls. They store food reserves as glycogen or fat and generally show holozoic nutrition.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology Chapter 2: Biological Classification Five Kingdom Classification and Kingdom Plantae Animalia
In dicot seeds like gram and pea, the cotyledons store food and provide nourishment to the embryo.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology chapter - Morphology of flowering plants
In monocot seeds like maize, the endosperm stores food for the developing embryo.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology chapter - Morphology of flowering plants
Phylloclades, as seen in Opuntia, are flattened stem modifications that store food and perform photosynthesis.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology chapter - Morphology of flowering plants
The cotyledons in seeds store food and help nourish the developing embryo.
Ref: NCERT Class 11 Biology chapter - Morphology of flowering plants
