Assertion (A): | Cells of the tapetum possess dense cytoplasm and generally have more the one nucleus. |
Reason (R): | Presence of more than one nucleus in the tapetum increases the efficiency of nourishing the developing microspore mother cells. |
1. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
2. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
3. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
4. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
Which one of the following statements is correct?
1. Sporogenous tissue is haploid
2. Endothecium produces the microspores
3. Tapetum nourishes the developing pollen
4. Hard outer layer of pollen is called intine
In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to:
1. Only the wall of the sporangium
2. Both wall and the sporogenous cells
3. Wall and the tapetum
4. Only tapetum and sporogenous cells
In grasses what happens in microspore mother cell for the formation of mature pollen grains:
1. One meiotic and two mitotic divisions
2. One meiotic & one mitotic division
3. One meiotic division
4. One mitotic division