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Agriculture · Q519

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 519

Q519

Chromosome number in a flowering plant can be

A.
Haploid diploid and polyploid
Answer
B.
Haploid and diploid
C.
Only diploid
D.
Only haploid

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Chromosome numbers in a flowering plant can be Haploid diploid or polyploid.
Most flowering plants are polyploid, and many are distinct in combining the diploid nuclear genomes from two or more different ancestral species or genera (allopolyploids).
Spore mother cells within the anther pollen sacs form four haploid pollen grains.