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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12002496

Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of

  • Gossypium

  • Triticum

  • Brassica

  • Citrus

Solution

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Citrus

The occurrence of more than one embryo in a seed is referred as polyembryony. In many Citrus and mango varieties, some of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac and develop into the embryos in such species each ovule contain many embryos (nucellar polyembryony).