A fern differs from a moss in having
Swimming archegonia
Swimming antherozoids
Independent gametophytes
Independent sporophytes
Female cone of Pinus is a
Modified needles
Modified long shoot
Modified dwarf shoot
Modified scale
Development of an embryo without fertilization is called as
Apomixis
Polyembryony
Parthenocarpy
Parthenogenesis
Which of the following floral parts forms pericarp after fertilization?
Nucellus
Outer integument
Ovary wall
Inner integument
Prothallus of the fern produces
Spores
Gametes
Both (a) and (b)
Cones
C.
Both (a) and (b)
Prothallus is a small, flattened, multicellular structure that represents the independent gametophyte generation of a fern. The prothalli bear antheridia (male sex organs) and archegonia (female sex organs) which produce male and female gametes, respectively.
Which one of the following is linked to the discovery of bordeaux mixture as a popular fungicide?
Bacterial leaf blight of rice
Downy mildew of grapes
Loose smut of wheat
Black rust of wheat
Unisexuality of flowers prevents
Autogamy, but not geitonogamy
Both geitonogamy and xenogamy
Geitonogamy, but not xenogam
Autogamy and geitonogamy