Plant Kingdom Question 215

Question: In Riccia / Bryophytes [RPMT 1987; CPMT 1994]

Options:

A) Sporophyte is parasitic over gametophyte

B) Gametophyte is parasitic over sporophyte

C) Sporophyte is independent of gametophyte

D) Sporophyte is semiparasite

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

The sporophytic is parasitic over gametophyte.

Thus there is heteromorphic or heterologous alternation of generations in Riccia.

So life cycle in Riccia is diplohaplontic.