Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 51
51. In a flowering plant, archesporium gives rise to
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(a) only tapetum and sporogenous cells
(b) only the wall of the sporangium
(c) both wall and the sporogenous cells
(d) wall and the tapetum
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Answer : c
Hints & Solutions
(c) In flowering plants, archesporium cells undergo periclinal (transverse) division to form outer primary parietal layer and inner sporogenous cells. Primary parietal wall after few more periclinal divisions form anther wall and sporogenous cells give rise to sporogenous tissue.
