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NEET2020BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsActual

Which of the following is incorrect for wind-pollinated plants?

Options

  1. AWell exposed stamens and stigma
  2. BMany ovules in each ovary
  3. CFlowers are small and not brightly coloured
  4. DPollen grains are light and non-sticky

Correct answer

B. Many ovules in each ovary

Step-by-step solution

Characteristics of wind-pollinated flowers: i) The pollen grains are light and non – sticky so that they can easily be carried by air currents. ii) The flowers have well–exposed stamens so that the pollens are easily dispersed into wind currents. iii) Flowers have a large feathery stigma to easily trap the airborne pollen grains. iv) Nectar is absent. v) Presence of a single ovule in each ovary vi) Flowers packed into an inflorescence.

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