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Agriculture · Q177

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 177

Q177

External water is not required for fertilization of

A.
Pteriodophytes
B.
Bryophytes
C.
Thallophytes
D.
Spermatophytes
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
External water is not required for the fertilization of Spermatophytes.
In pteridophytes, fertilization takes place in presence of water. At the time of fertilization neck, canal cells and ventral canal cells disintegrate forming a passage for antherozoids to enter inside.
Whereas in spermatophytes that are gymnosperms and angiosperms, external water is of need for fertilization because in this the male gametes are carried through the pollen tube.