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