Question

The maize and Sorghum vulgare seed (grain) is a

• A. Monocot and albuminous
• B. Monocot and non-albuminous
• C. Dicot and non-albuminous
• D. Dicot and albuminous

Answer 1

The correct option is A Monocot and albuminous

Monocot seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed-leaf), in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots. These include all the true grains (rice, wheat, maize, Sorghum, etc.) the pasture grasses, sugar cane and the bamboos. Seeds that possess a special food storage tissue called as the endosperm are said to be albuminous and those which have no such tissue for storage are said to be exalbuminous or non-endospermic. In albuminous seeds, food is being stored in endosperm the cotyledons are small and thin while in exalbuminous seeds cotyledon store up food and become thick and fleshy. Examples of albuminous seeds are maize, wheat, barley, Sorghum, rice, onion etc.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.