NEET 2016 Biology question

Cotyledon of maize grain is called:

(1)Plumule
(2)Coleorhiza
(3)Coleoptile
(4)ScutellumCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

A maize grain is a monocot seed with a single cotyledon, the shield-shaped scutellum, situated towards one side of the embryonal axis (NCERT, Morphology of Flowering Plants). Hence

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Question ID VK-091996