Question

What is a vegetative cell?

Answer 1

Vegetative cells:

1. A vegetative cell is a cell of plant or animal body except reproductive cells; i.e. a cell which does not participate in production of gametes.
2. Mature pollen grain contains two cells:
   1. Vegetative cell
   2. Generative cell
3. Both these cells remain together & independently until cellular differentiation takes place, where the generative cell produces 2 male gametes and vegetative cell produces a pollen tube.
4. The pollen tube is required to carry the sperm towards the egg.
5. As a result of different purposes of both generative and vegetative cells, each cell develops its own distinct activity during maturation, like a generative cell doubles its genetic content and vegetative cell undergoes certain changes in its cytoplasmic content.