Question

Identify the correct combination of characters found in Cucurbita.

• A. Mesogamy, fusion of epicarp and thalamus to form rind of the fruit, seed germination epigcal
• B. Axile placentation, extrafloral moults, continuous collenchymatous hypodemial ring in stem
• C. Bicarpellary gynoecitun, compound sieve plate, unilocular ovary
• D. Free central placentation, synandry, divergent palmately reticulate venation

Answer 1

The correct option is A Mesogamy, fusion of epicarp and thalamus to form rind of the fruit, seed germination epigcal

In Cucurbita, pollen tube enters the ovule through the integuments. In Cucurbita (mesogamy), the epicarp and thalamus form the outer ring of the fruit. Also, seed germination is epigeal.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.