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The hollow foliar sheath enclosing the shoot apex in a grass embryo is theRead the answer and worked solution →Which seeds retain part of the endosperm and are called albuminous?Read the answer and worked solution →The residual persistent nucellus in seeds of black pepper and beet isRead the answer and worked solution →The seed coat develops from theRead the answer and worked solution →The small pore left in the seed coat helps in entry ofRead the answer and worked solution →The wall of a fruit developed from the ovary wall is theRead the answer and worked solution →Which fruit develops without fertilisation and is seedless?Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest viable seed recorded, germinating after about 10,000 years, is ofRead the answer and worked solution →A 2000 year old viable seed found near the Dead Sea was of theRead the answer and worked solution →Seed production without fertilisation is calledRead the answer and worked solution →More than one embryo in a seed is referred to asRead the answer and worked solution →In Citrus and mango, extra embryos arise fromRead the answer and worked solution →Why are breeders keen to make hybrid crops apomictic?Read the answer and worked solution →The free-living heart-shaped gametophyte of a fern is called theRead the answer and worked solution →On fern leaves, sporangia are grouped together in clusters calledRead the answer and worked solution →Fern sperms reach the egg byRead the answer and worked solution →The dominant phase in the life cycle of bryophytes is theRead the answer and worked solution →Bryophytes need water for sexual reproduction because their spermRead the answer and worked solution →Gemmae in liverworts and mosses areRead the answer and worked solution →A rhizome, as in iris, is a modifiedRead the answer and worked solution →Strawberry spreads vegetatively by prostrate aerial stems calledRead the answer and worked solution →Onion reproduces vegetatively by dividing its undergroundRead the answer and worked solution →Potato and dahlia propagate vegetatively from undergroundRead the answer and worked solution →Plants grown from cuttings are geneticallyRead the answer and worked solution →Dandelions are well known for reproducing throughRead the answer and worked solution →

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The hollow foliar sheath enclosing the shoot apex in a grass embryo is the

  1. coleorrhiza
  2. scutellum
  3. coleoptile
  4. pericarp
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Correct answer: C. coleoptile

The coleoptile covers the shoot apex and leaf primordia, while the coleorrhiza covers the radicle.

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Which seeds retain part of the endosperm and are called albuminous?

  1. Pea and groundnut
  2. Wheat and maize
  3. Bean and gram
  4. Mustard and lentil
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Correct answer: B. Wheat and maize

Wheat, maize, barley and castor retain endosperm because the embryo does not consume it fully.

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The residual persistent nucellus in seeds of black pepper and beet is

  1. pericarp
  2. perisperm
  3. testa
  4. tegmen
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Correct answer: B. perisperm

Leftover nucellus tissue that persists in a seed is termed perisperm.

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