NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What should you do to observe the variety of architecture in pollen grains?
Options
- ALook at them directly
- BSprinkle them on a drop of water on a glass slide and observe under a microscope
- CHeat them
- DFreeze them
Correct answer
B. Sprinkle them on a drop of water on a glass slide and observe under a microscope
Step-by-step solution
The pollen grains represent the male gametophytes. If you touch the opened anthers of Hibiscus or any other flower you would find deposition of yellowish powdery pollen grains on your fingers . Sprinkle these grains on a drop of water taken on a glass slide and observe under a microscope. You will really be amazed at the variety of architecture – sizes, shapes, colours, designs – seen on the pollen grains from different species. pollen grains are generally spherical measuring about 25-50 micrometers in diameter. It