Sexual Reproduction in Plants

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Sexual Reproduction in Plants: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants,,, etc.

Important Questions on Sexual Reproduction in Plants

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Does a gametophyte depend upon sporophyte?

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What are the significance of sexual reproduction in flowering plants?

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There are 24 chromosomes in vegetative cell of a flowering plant. How many chromosomes will be in the following:

Zygote

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There are 24 chromosomes in vegetative cell of a flowering plant. How many chromosomes will be in the following:

Endosperm

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There are 24 chromosomes in vegetative cell of a flowering plant. How many chromosomes will be in the following:

Egg cell

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There are 24 chromosomes in vegetative cell of a flowering plant. How many chromosomes will be in the following:

Pollen grain

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What are the end products of sexual reproduction in flowering plants?

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Give the significance of sexual reproduction in flowering plants.

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Which of the following are the end products of fertilisation?

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Write any two importance of sexual reproduction in plants.

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A total of 168 pollen grains with 14 chromosomes in each pollen grain are released from a mature microsporangium. Mention the correct ratio of pollen mother cells, generative cells, vegetative cells and male gametes produced by the microsporangium.

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Identify the correct ratio of haploid, diploid, and triploid conditions of cells and tissues listed in the given table.

Pollen grain Nucellus Sporogenous tissue
Endosperm Perisperm Egg cell
Synergid Zygote Scutellum

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Fertilization in angiosperm is ______

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The plant body of angiosperm is 

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How many of the following statements about reproduction in flowering plants is not correct?
a. As soon as meiosis begins, the plasmodesmata between PMC and tapetal cells are broken.
b. Bird pollinated flowers are usually colourless and odourless.
c. The ovules in the family Malvaceae are campylotropous.
d. The tapetal cells may divide by endomitosis and polyteny.
e. The wall surrounding the megaspore is generally cutinized.
f. In pollination, a functional pollen grain carrying the male gametes reaches the embryosac of an ovule.

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Identify the respective ploidy of the following parts of flowering plants.

Ovary, Anther, Egg, Pollen, Male gamete and Zygote

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In the developing ovule of most of the Angiosperms, megaspore mother cell is situated within the nucellus

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To produce 200 zygotes, how many meiotic divisions are required in flowering spermatophytes?