Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 75
75. Entry of pollen tube through micropyle is
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(a) Chalazogamy
(b) Mesogamy
(c) Porogamy
(d) Pseudogamy
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Answer : c
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(c) In porogamy the tip of pollen tube enters the micropyle, pushes through the nucellar tissue & finally pierces the egg-apparatus end of the embryo sac. If pollen tube enters through chalazal side it is called chalazogamy & if it enters laterally it is called mesogamy.