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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12001243

Give an account of significance of double fertilization.

Solution
Significance of double fertilization

(1) It results in the formation of diploid zygote which further develops into an embryo giving rise to a new plant.

(2) It leads to the formation of Primary endosperm nucleus which provides nutrition to the developing embryo. 

(3) It restores the diploid condition.

(4) It results in combination of characters and hence variations in the offspring.