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Development of Endosperm

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Coconut water from a tender coconut is:

A

Degenerated nucellus

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Immature embryo

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C

Free nuclear endosperm

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D

Innermost layers of the seed coat

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Solution

The correct option is C
Free nuclear endosperm

Coconut water from a tender coconut is free nuclear endosperm (made up of thousands of nuclei) and the surrounding white kernel is the cellular endosperm.

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The milky water in tender coconut is free __ endosperm.

Q. Assertion :In Cocos nucifera, coconut water represents the cellular endosperm and the surrounding white kernel represents the free-nuclear endosperm. Reason: Endosperm is always completely consumed by developing embryo before seed maturation.

Q. Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statement.

a. Embryo development precedes endosperm development.
b. Though the seeds differ greatly the early stages of embryo development (embryogeny) are similar in both monocotyledons and dicotyledons.
c. A typical dicotyledonous embryo consists of an embryonal axis and two cotyledons.
d. Endosperm may either be completely consumed by the developing embryo (e.g., castor and coconut) before seed maturation or it may persist in the mature seed (e.g., wheat, rice, maize, pea, groundnut and beans).
e. The coconut water from tender coconut is cellular endosperm and the surrounding while kernel is the nuclear endosperm.

The milky water in tender coconut is __ endosperm.

Q. Coconut water from a tender coconut is ___.

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