The real function of endosperm is to .........................

Supply nutrition to the growing embryo

Right on! Give the BNAT exam to get a 100% scholarship for BYJUS courses

Form integuments of ovule

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Form funicle of ovule

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

None of the above

No worries! We‘ve got your back. Try BYJU‘S free classes today!

Open in App

Solution

The correct option is A Supply nutrition to the growing embryo
Endosperm performs the function of supplying nutrition to the growing embryo. It is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants around the time of fertilization. It surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it can also contain oils and protein. This can make endosperm a source of nutrition in human diet too.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. The function of endosperm is to provide nutrition to seeds. But in seeds without endoperm, what is the source of nutrition?

Q. Which one of these gives nutrition to the growing embryo?

Q. Choose the correct option:

Column I	Column II
A. Funicle	I. Small opening of ovule
B. Integuments	II. Stalk of ovule
C. Chalaza	III. Protective envelope
D. Hilum	IV. Junction part of ovule and stalk
E. Micropyle	V. Base of ovule

Angina Pectoris is due to
(a) defective nutrition
(b) chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle
(c) defective functioning of the mitral valve
(d) infection by a virus

Q. Endosperm surrounds the zygote so endosperm should get nutrition from endosperm so why does haustorium cells of zygote take nutrition from the nucleus?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program