Reproduction in OrganismHard
Question
Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to
Options
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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