Plant Kingdom Question 620
Assertion : Pinus embryo has one cotyledon. Reason : Pinus shows polyembryony.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If the assertion is false but reason is true
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
In Pinus, the embryo is straight and consists of a short axis bearing a ring of about ten slender, white cotyledons at the end, away from the micropylar end.
In Pinus, more than one embryo arises from a single egg by the splitting of the product of a single fertilization, termed as cleavage polyembrony.
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