Which one of the following statements pertaining to the plant's primary structure is correct?
Cork lacks stomata, but lenticels carry out transpiration
Passage cells help in transfer of food from cortex to phloem
Sieve tube elements possess cytoplasm but no nuclei
The shoot apical meristem has a quiescent center.
Sieve elements' major function includes transporting sugars over long distances through plants by acting as a channel. Sieve elements elongate cells containing sieve areas on their walls. Sieve elements typically contain cytoplasm but lack a nucleus and contain none to a very small number of ribosomes.
So, the correct answer is 'Sieve tube elements possess cytoplasm but no nuclei.' Hence, the correct answer is option 3.