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प्रश्न
Can girdling experiments be done in monocots? If yes, How? If no, why not?
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उत्तर
Girdling experiments cannot be done in monocots. The monocot has vascular bundles scattered all over the width of the stem. Hence, we cannot reach a specific band of phloem for girdling.
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