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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

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Differentiate between perisperm and endosperm giving one example of each.

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Perisperm	Endosperm
Perisperm is the remnant of nucellus which are persistent. It encloses the embryo and provides nourishment to it in certain seeds.	Endosperm is the tissue formed after double fertilisation. It surrounds, stores food and provide nourishment to the embryo in an angiosperm seed.
It is diploid in nature.	It is triploid in nature because it is formed as a result of triple fusion.
Example- Black pepper	Example- Wheat

Some More Questions From Sexual Reproduction in flowering Plants Chapter

In a bisexual flower when the gynaecium matures earlier than anther, it is called as :

Simultaneous meiotic division of microspore mother cells leads to :

The fertilization occurs in the :

The female gametophyte of a typical dicot at the time of fertilization is:

Development of embryo from any cell of nucellus is called :

Parthenocarpic fruit is :

The entry of pollen tube into embryo sac through the integuments is termed as :

512 microspores will be formed following meiosis of how many microspore mother cells.

Pollination by water occurs in :

In ................... flowers, the thalamus grows upwards completely enclosing the ovary, and the stamens, petals and sepals are borne above the ovary.

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