Q295
Polyembryony occurs in
A.
Carthamus
B.
Citrus
AnswerC.
Corchorus
D.
Maize
Answer: Option B
Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Polyembryony occurs in Citrus.Citrus exhibits polyembryonic seed development, an apomictic process in which many maternally derived embryos arise from the nucellus surrounding the developing zygotic embryo.
Citrus seed storage proteins were used as markers to compare embryogenesis in developing seeds and somatic embryogenesis in vitro.