NEET2015BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsActual
Coconut water from a tender coconut is:
Options
- AFree nuclear endosperm
- BInnermost layers of the seed coat
- CDegenerated nucellus
- DImmature embryo
Correct answer
A. Free nuclear endosperm
Step-by-step solution
In the most common type of endosperm development, the PEN undergoes successive nuclear divisions to give rise to free nuclei. This stage of endosperm development is called free-nuclear endosperm. Subsequently cell wall formation occurs and the endosperm becomes cellular. The number of free nuclei formed before cellularisation varies greatly. The coconut water from tender coconut is nothing but free-nuclear endosperm (made up of thousands of nuclei) and the surrounding white kernel is the cellular endosperm.