Description of secondary roots

Give a brief description of the term secondary roots? In origin how secondary roots discriminate from shoots?

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Secondary roots are ramifications of primary (main) root. The secondary roots appear from the peri-cycle, inner tissue of root. The shoots originate from lateral buds of stem. Thus the origin of the secondary roots is endogenous and origin of the shoots is exogenous.

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