NEET2008BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsActual
Which one of the following is resistant enzyme action?
Options
- ACork
- BWood fibre
- CPollen exine
- DLeaf cuticle
Correct answer
C. Pollen exine
Step-by-step solution
The pollen wall is consisted of two layers the outer exine and inner intine. The exine is chiefly made up of sporopollenin, which is derived by the oxidative polymerization of carotenoids. Sporopollenin is one of the most resistant biological materials known. Exine is thin in begining but become very thick with maturity. During secondary growth in extrastelar region cork cambium or phellogen cells divide periclinally, cutting off cells towards the outside and inside. The cells cutoff towards outside become suberise