How many cells of the female gametophyte are surrounded by a cell wall and are organized into cells?
1. | 6 | 2. | 7 |
3. | 8 | 4. | 2 |
Cleistogamous flowers are:
1. | Mostly autogamous | 2. | Invariably autogamous |
3. | Mostly xenogamous | 4. | Invariably xenogamous |
Majority of the flowering plants produce:
1. | Female flowers | 2. | Male flowers |
3. | Hermaphroditic flowers | 4. | Neutral flowers |
In artificial hybridization experiments, if the female plant produces unisexual flowers, emasculation:
1. | Must be done before maturity. |
2. | Must be done after maturity. |
3. | Must be done at maturity. |
4. | Is not needed. |
The germ pore in the pollen wall:
1. | is an aperture in the pollen intine that allows the pollen tube to exit. |
2. | is the name of the nucleus of the microspore mother cell. |
3. | is formed where sporopollenin is located in the exine. |
4. | is an aperture in the pollen exine that allows the pollen tube to exit. |
Which of the following is not used by flowering plants as an outbreeding device?
1. | Lack of synchronization between pollen release and stigma receptivity. |
2. | Anther and Stigma placed at different levels. |
3. | Self-incompatibility. |
4. | Production of bisexual flowers. |
The pollen tube releases the two male gametes first into:
1. The vicinity of the egg cell.
2. The vicinity of polar nuclei.
3. In the cytoplasm of synergids.
4. In the cytoplasm of antipodals.
Filiform apparatus is associated with _____ and helps in _____________.
1. Syngergids; Nourishment of egg cells
2. Synergids; Guiding the pollen tube
3. Antipodals; Nourishment of egg cells
4. Antipodals; Guiding the pollen tube
Identify the plant pollinated by insects that, in many species, emit a scent of decaying flesh from the inflorescence, in order to attract insects:
1. | Yucca | 2. | Amorphophallus |
3. | Zostera | 4. | Vallisneria |
Dioecy in flowering plants prevents:
1. | Autogamy but not Geitonogamy |
2. | Geitonogamy but not Autogamy |
3. | Both Geitonogamy and Autogamy |
4. | Neither Geitonogamy nor Autogamy |