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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
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The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?

  • Endosperm

  • Cotyledon

  • Plumule

  • Aleurone layer

Solution

D.

Aleurone layer

Scutellum is the tissue in a grass or wheat or maize seed that lies between the embryo and the endosperm. It is the modified cotyledon being specialised for the digestion and absorption of the endosperm.