NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: In Citrus and Mango varieties each ovule contains many embryos, occurance of more than one embryo in a seed is referred to as polyembryony Reason: In species such as Citrus and Mango varieties of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac start dividing, protrude into the embryo sac and develop into the embryos
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
A. Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
Step-by-step solution
In species such as Citrus and Mango varieties of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac start dividing, protrude into the embryo sac and develop into the embryos. In such species each ovule contains many embryos, occurance of more than one embryo in a seed is referred to as polyembryony