The endosperm, a product of double fertilization in angiosperms is absent in the seeds of:

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The endosperm, a product of double fertilization in angiosperms is absent in the seeds of: (A) Wheat (B) Groundnut (C) Maize (D) Castor

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The endosperm is the nutritive tissue present in seed which provides nutrition to the developing embryo. In some seeds, endosperm is completely consumed during development of embryo, thus mature seeds lacks endosperm, such seeds are called as non-endospermic seeds, e.g., pea, groundnut.

Q. The endosperm, a product of double fertilization in angiosperms is absent in the seeds of:

Wheat

Groundnut

Maize

Castor

The endosperm is the nutritive tissue present in seed which provides nutrition to the developing embryo. In some seeds, endosperm is completely consumed during development of embryo, thus mature seeds lacks endosperm, such seeds are called as non-endospermic seeds, e.g., pea, groundnut.