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Agriculture · Q247

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 247

Q247

The visible scar (spot) observed on a seed at the place of the detachment from seed stalk is known as

A.
Micropyle
B.
Stome
C.
Hillum
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The visible scar (spot) observed on a seed at the place of the detachment from seed stalk is known as Hillum.
A hilum is a scar or mark left on a seed coat by the former attachment to the ovary wall or to the funiculus (which in turn attaches to the ovary wall). On a bean seed, the hilum is called the "eye".
A hilum can also be a nucleus of a starch grain; the point around which layers of starch are deposited.