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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12003250

Among plants 'pheromones' are secreted by the cells of the following plants for given function

  • all plants for growth and development

  • Yeast for facilitating mating

  • all fungi for sexual reproduction

  • Rhizopus for formation of zygospore

Solution

B.

Yeast for facilitating mating

Pheromone is a substance secreted to outside by an individual and received by a second individual of the same specie in which it induces a specific reaction e.g. fusion of two yeast cells during sexual reproduction.