NEET Biology question

Biology Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants NEET

Statement 1: During development of embryo in dicots, suspensor serves as the main nutritive tissue for the embryo. Statement 2: The last cell of the suspensor at the end adjacent to the embryo is known as haustorium.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is TrueCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

The principal nutritive tissue supporting the developing dicot embryo is the endosperm, not the suspensor (whose main role is structural,

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