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NEET2010BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsActual

Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from

Options

  1. Asynergids
  2. Bmaternal sporophytic tissue in ovule
  3. Cantipodal cells
  4. Ddiploid egg

Correct answer

B. maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

Step-by-step solution

Substitution of usual sexual reproduction by a form of reproduction which does not involve meiosis and syngamy is called apomixis. In Citrus, apomictic embryos arise from diploid cells (maternal sporophytic tissue) of the ovule occurring outside the embryo sac.

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