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Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of

  • Gossypium

  • Triticum

  • Brassica

  • Brassica


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Brassica

The occurrence of more than one embryo in a seed is referred as polyembryony. In many Citrus and mango varieties, some of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac and develop into the embryos in such species each ovule contain many embryos (nucellar polyembryony).

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The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in

  • Adiantum

  • Marchantia

  • Pinus

  • Pinus

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Synapsis occurs between 

  • a male and female gamete

  • mRNA and ribosomes

  • spindle fibres and centromere

  • spindle fibres and centromere

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Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is called

  • xenogamy

  • geitonogamy

  • karyogamy

  • karyogamy

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In angiosperms, functional megaspore develops into

  • embryo sac

  • ovule

  • endosperm

  • endosperm

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In which one of the following pollination is autogamous?

  • Xenogamy

  • Chasmogamy

  • Cleistogamy

  • Cleistogamy

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Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from 

  • Synergids

  • maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

  • antipodal 

  • antipodal 

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Wind pollinated flowers are

  • small, brightly coloured, producing large number of pollen grains

  • small, producing large number of dry pollen grains

  • large, producing abundant nectar and pollen

  • large, producing abundant nectar and pollen

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Cotyledons and testa are edible parts of 

  • groundnut and pomegranate

  • walnut and tamarind

  • french bean and coconut

  • french bean and coconut

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Wind pollination is common in 

  • lilies

  • grasses

  • orchids

  • orchids

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