Question

In maize grain, the plumule remains covered by a protective sheath called coleorhiza.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

A seedling is a young plant sporophyte developing out of a plant embryo from a seed. The plumule is the part of a seed embryo that develops into the shoot bearing the first true leaves of a plant. Coleorhiza is a sheath-like structure found in a plant seed that connects the coleoptile to the primary root and acts as a protective covering enclosing the plumule and radicle. The coleorhiza is characteristic of cereal grains i.e Gramineae which includes maize plant.

So the given statement is true.