The Root hair is produced from ________.

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  1. Trichomes
  2. Trichoblasts
  3. Rhizodermis
  4. Epidermis

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Option 4 : Epidermis
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The correct answer is Epidermis.

Key Points

  • Root hairs are slender projections originating from epidermal cells that function in nutrient and water uptake as well as in anchoring the root in the soil.
  • In wild-type Arabidopsis, root hairs are formed by epidermal cells termed trichoblasts which overlie the boundary between two cortical cells

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Trichomes

These are the unicellular small hair or outgrowth of the epidermis of a plant

Trichoblasts

Root hair is the rhizoid of the vascular plant which is a tabular outgrowth of Trichoblasts.

Rhizodermis 

It is the outermost primary cell layer of the root the epidermis.

Epidermis

It is the outermost layer of tissue of a plant which provides protection against water loss, regulates gas exchange, etc.

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