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1.Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
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Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of
A
Citrus
B
Gossypium
C
Triticum
D
Brassica.
(AIPMT-2011)
Solution
(a) : In nucellar polyembryony, some of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac start dividing. Then it protrudes into the embryo sac and develop into the embryos. In such species, each ovule contains many embryos. Occurrence of more than one embryo in a seed is referred as polyembryony. Nucellar polyembryony is found in many of the Citrus and mango varieties.
Standard 12
Biology