Which one of the following statements is not true?
1. | Pollen grains are rich in nutrients and they are used in the form of tablets and syrups |
2. | Pollen grains of some plants cause severe allergies and bronchial afflictions in some people |
3. | The flowers pollinated by flies and beetles secrete foul odour to attract them |
4. | Honey is made by bees by digesting pollen collected from flowers |
Transmission tissue is a characteristic feature of:
Which of the following are the important floral rewards to animal pollinators?
Geitonogamy involves:
1. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant. |
2. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another same flower. |
3. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population. |
4. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population. |
Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in:
1. Pteris
2. Funaria
3. Lilium
4. Pinus
Pollen tablets are available in the market for:
1. | In vitro fertilization | 2. | Breeding programmes |
3. | Supplementing food | 4. | Ex-situ conservation |
Function of filiform apparatus is to:
1. | Recognize the suitable pollen at the stigma |
2. | Stimulate division of generative cell |
3. | Producer nectar |
4. | Guide the entry of the pollen tube |
Non- albuminous seed is produced in:
1. Maize
2. Castor
3. Wheat
4. Pea
1. | having no reserve food |
2. | being a diploid tissue |
3. | its formation by fusion of secondary nucleus with several sperms |
4. | being a haploid tissue |