Question

Differentiate between the following.​
(b) Homospory and heterospory.

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Homospory}& \text{Heterospory}\\ \text{When all the spores are of same type,}& \text{When spores produced are of}\\ \text{i.e., same size, shape, etc., then the condition}& \text{different types i.e.,}\\ \text{is consid­ered as homosporous/homo-spory.}& \text{megaspores and microspores}\\ & \text{which germinate to produce female and male gametophytes,}\\ & \text{respec­tively. Such}\\ & \text{condition is known as heterospory.}\end{array}$