NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Where is the embryo sac located within the ovule?
Options
- AInteguments
- BMicropyle
- CNucellus
- DFunicle
Correct answer
C. Nucellus
Step-by-step solution
Recall the definition and types of placentation that you studied in Arising from the placenta are the megasporangia, commonly called ovules. The number of ovules in an ovary may be one (wheat, paddy, mango) to many (papaya, water melon, orchids). The Megasporangium (Ovule). Let us familiarise ourselves with the structure of a typical angiosperm ovule The ovule is a small structure attached to the placenta by means of a stalk called funicle. The body of the ovule fuses with funicle in the region called hilum. Thus,