NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
How are the pollen grains released?
Options
- AThrough fusion
- BThrough budding
- CWith the dehiscence of anther
- DBy disintegration
Correct answer
C. With the dehiscence of anther
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 thousan