NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What initiates the differentiation and further development of the floral primordium?
Options
- AEnvironmental changes
- BGenetic mutations
- CHormonal and structural changes
- DSeasonal changes
Correct answer
C. Hormonal and structural changes
Step-by-step solution
Much before the actual flower is seen on a plant, the decision that the plant is going to flower has taken place. Several hormonal and structural changes are initiated which lead to the differentiation and further development of the floral primordium . Inflorescences are formed which bear the floral buds and then the flowers. In the flower the male and female reproductive structures, the androecium and the gynoecium differentiate and develop. You would recollect that the androecium consists of a whorl of stamens re