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Agriculture · Q721

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 721

Q721

When the ovule is bent like a horseshoe, is known as

A.
Anatropous
B.
Amphilotropous
C.
Ortho-tropous
D.
Camplylotropous
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
When the ovule is bent like a horseshoe, is known as Campylotropous.
campylotropous is a condition of Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
Campylotropous ovule is a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus. It is bent upon itself like a horseshoe but an embryo is straight.