Question

explain xenia and metaxenia effect in plants in detail with example.

Answer 1

Dear student Xenia in plants is the effect of pollen on seeds and fruit of the fertilized plant. ... The term metaxenia was later coined and is still sometimes used to describe the effects on purely maternal tissues. The effect of a pollen parent on the developing maternal tissues of a seed or fruit outside the embryo and endosperm due to hormones produced by the embryo and endosperm after double fertilization is metaxenia effect. Regard