You have been told that Canada thistle is a weed that spreads via growth from lateral roots. You want to use a root miner insect for weed control. What would you look for to verify that this weed spreads via lateral roots and not by underground stems?
A) a vascular bundle in the center surrounded by parenchyma tissue B) meristematic tissue at the tips of the branches C) vascular bundles in a ring around the outside of a cross section D) an epidermis at the periphery