
Filiform apparatus
direct the pollen tube growth inside the embryo sac.
are special cellular thickenings present at micropylar tip of synergids.


Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Consider the following statements about embryo sac.
(a) Polygonum–type embryo sac is monosporic and is a 7–celled and 8–nucleated structure.
(b) Six of the eight nuclei are surrounded by a cell wall and organised into cells.
(c) Polar nuclei are situated below the egg apparatus in the central cell.

How many megaspore mother cells are required to produce 100 eggs during meiosis?


Identify A, B, C, D, and E marked in the given diagram of a Polygonum–type of embryo sac.

How many meiotic and mitotic divisions are required to form 7–celled and 8–nucleated embryo sac from megaspore mother cell?

How many megaspore mother cells are required to produce 100 Polygonum–type embryo sacs?


