Question:

The plant part which consists of two generations one within the other, is

Updated On: Jul 27, 2022
  • germinated pollen grain
  • embryo
  • unfertilized ovule
  • seed
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Seed develops from an ovule (consisting integument and nucellus) or megasporangium. Parts of ovule develop a haploid megaspore which grow into haploid female gametophyte. This female gemetophyte develops an egg or oospore. The latter is fertilized by a male gamete and develop into a zygote $(2 n)$. The zygote develops into an embryo or new sporophyte. The embryo $(2 n)$ is surrounded by female gemetophyte $(n)$, the latter by seed coat $(2 n)$. In this way, seed contains three generations locked one within another. Of these, two generations occur within embryo.
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Seed

The matured and fertilized ovule, which comprises an active embryo reserve food and protective coating, is referred to as a seed. Seeds are ripened ovules that contain an embryonic plant with sufficient reserve food for embryo development. Ovules evolve into seeds after fertilization.

Types of Seed:

  1. Monocotyledonous seeds: Seeds having only one cotyledon, called monocotyledonous seeds.
  2. Dicotyledonous seeds: Seeds with two cotyledons, called dicotyledonous seeds.
  3. Albuminous seeds: Seeds having an endosperm. These seeds have thin membrane cotyledons and endosperm that hold on and feed the seedling during its early growth.
  4. Exalbuminous seeds: Food gathers in the endosperm tissue of exalbuminous seeds early in development, but it is utilized by the growing embryo and mature seeds without endosperm.