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Agriculture · Q510

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 510

Q510

Tetrad of megaspores is generally

A.
Tetrahedral
B.
Linear
Answer
C.
Decussate
D.
Isobilateral

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Tetrad of megaspores is generally Linear.
Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants.
The megaspore, or large spore, germinates into a female gametophyte, which produces egg cells. These are fertilized by sperm produced by the male gametophyte developing from the microspore.
During megasporogenesis, a diploid precursor cell, the megasporocyte or megaspore mother cell, undergoes meiosis to produce initially four haploid cells (the megaspores).
The linear tetrasporic pattern is characterized by cell plates failing to form after either meiosis 1 or 2, and results in one four-nucleate megaspore.