An eminent Indian embryologist is ______.

(a)

S.R. Kashyap

(b)

P. Maheswari

(c)

M.S. Swaminathan

(d)

K.C. Mehta

Identify the correctly matched pair.

(a)

Tuber - Allium Cepa

(b)

Sucker - Pistia

(c)

Rhizome - Musa

(d)

Stolon - Zingiber

Pollen tube was discovered by ______.

(a)

J.G. Kolreuter

(b)

G.B. Amici

(c)

E. Strasburger

(d)

E. Hanning

Identify the incorrect pair

(a)

sporopollenin - exine of pollen grain

(b)

tapetum – nutritive tissue for developing microspores

(c)

Nucellus – nutritive tissue for developing embryo

(d)

obturator – directs the pollen tube into micropyle

Which of the following represent megagametophyte?

(a)

Ovule

(b)

Embryo sac

(c)

Nucellus

(d)

Endosperm

Conidia

(1)

Zingiber officinale

Binary fission

(2)

hilum, micropyle and chalaza of ovule lie adjacent to one another

Rhizome

(3)

Colocasia

Corm

(4)

Aspergillus

Offset

(5)

Pistia stratiotes

Campylotropous

(6)

Bacteria

What is reproduction?

List out two sub-aerial stem modifications with example.

What is layering?

Differentiate Grafting and Layering.

Distinguish mound layering and air layering.

What are diaspores?

Define totipotency.

List any two strategy adopted by bisexual flowers to prevent self-pollination.

What is endothelium

Define the term Diplospory

What is Mellitophily?

List out the functions of tapetum.

Write short note on Heterostyly.

What is endosperm. Explain the types.