Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 99

99. The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons?

(a) Cotyledon

(b) Endosperm

(c) Aleurone layer

(d) Plumule

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Answer : a

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(a) Scutellum is the modified cotyledon observed in a grain of wheat or maize. It lies between embryo and the endosperm.