NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What is the primary focus of the paragraph regarding pollen-pistil interaction?
Options
- AThe diversity of pollen types
- BThe manipulation of pollen-pistil interaction by plant breeders
- CThe evolutionary history of pistils
- DThe environmental factors affecting pollen growth
Correct answer
B. The manipulation of pollen-pistil interaction by plant breeders
Step-by-step solution
In plants which shed pollen in the three-celled condition, pollen tubes carry the two male gametes from the beginning. Pollen tube, after reaching the ovary, enters the ovule through the micropyle and then enters one of the synergids through the filiform apparatus .Many recent studies have shown that filiform apparatus present at the micropylar part of the synergids guides the entry of pollen tube. All these events–from pollen deposition on the stigma until pollen tubes enter the ovule–are together referred to as p