Question

Suppose in a flower of pea, each microsporangium possess 20 pollen mother cells, then the total number of pollen produced in a flower will be?

• A. 800
• B. 2400
• C. 3200
• D. 40

Answer 1

The correct option is C 3200

Small-scale spore mother cell is the parental (first) cell that frame

Microsporangia upon meiosis cell division.

Every Anther contains 4 locules.

Every locale has 4 dust mother cells.

So 20 anthers x4 dust mother cells=80 dust mother cells.

Every Pollen mother cell produces 4 Microsporongia because of meiosis cell-division.So, 80x4=320 microsporangia.

So, the correct option is '3200'.