NEET 2010 Biology question

The scutellum observed in a grain of wheat or maize is comparable to which part of the seed in other monocotyledons

(1)Endosperm
(2)Aleurone layer
(3)Plumule
(4)CotyledonCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

In the grains of cereals such as maize and wheat the embryo is situated at one end of the endosperm and consists of one large shield-shaped cotyledon called the scutellum, a coleoptile enclosing the plumule and a coleorhiza enclosing the radicle. So the

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