Question

There are 10 flowers in one individual plant of Asparagus. Each microsporangium of every stamen contains $25$ microspore mother cells. How many microspore would be produced from this plant?

• A. $4000$
• B. $6000$
• C. $12000$
• D. $24000$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $24000$

Asparagus is a plant of family – Liliaceae, which has six stamens.
Number of microspores $=6\times 10\times 4\times 25\times 4=24000$.