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Q. Given below is a diagram of maize grain. Label the missing parts with the correct options: Question

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Morphology of Flowering Plants

Solution:

A is endosperm, and it is the food material is stored in this in maize for the development of an embryo.
B is coleoptile that is the protective sheath of plumule.
C is the scutellum, a reduced cotyledon.
D is epithelium. Tscutellar epithelium is a monolayer of cells in contact with the endosperm.