NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What is a potential pollen or microspore mother cell?
Options
- ASporogenous cell
- BTapetal cell
- CEpidermal cell
- DEndothecial cell
Correct answer
A. Sporogenous cell
Step-by-step solution
As each cell of the sporogenous tissue is capable of giving rise to a microspore tetrad . Each one is a potential pollen or microspore mother cell . The process of formation of microspores from a pollen mother cell (PMC) through meiosis is called microsporogenesis. The microspores, as they are formed, are arranged in a cluster of four cells–the microspore tetrad As the anthers mature and dehydrate, the microspores dissociate from each other and develop into pollen grains Inside each microsporangium several thousand