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Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to

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A.nucellus
B.integ
C.zygotic embryo
D.fertilized egg

Solution

Polyembryony can be defined as formation of moee than one embeyos within a seed. Antony von Leeuwenhoek first time reported polyembryony in 1719. Nucellus embryony occurs in crassinucellate ovules (eg, Citrus, Opuntia). On the other hand, integumentary embryony occurs in tenuinucellate ovules (eg, Euonymus).

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