Reproduction of Plants and Types of Reproduction
If we want to plant a Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) tree we sow a seed of a Jackfruit, because Jackfruit tree originates from Jackfruit seed. in…
Biology
Importance of Dispersal of Fruits and Seeds
In addition to protecting the embryo, the fruit plays an important role in seed dispersal. Without favorable conditions, the seed does not germinate. Again without…
Dispersal of Fruits and Seeds
Usually a plant produces a large number of fruits and seeds. Some fruits are carried from one place to another by human beings for their…
Significance of Fertilization
As a result of fertilization, the ovary of a flower develops into a fruit and ovules to seeds. Seeds maintain and increase the generation by…
Development of Embryo
The embryo develops after fertilization. A diploid zygote is developed as a result of the union of male and female gametes. It is also called…
Formation of Female Gamete
Inside the ovary of a flower there lies the ovules. In each of these ovules one megaspore mother cell (female reproductive mother cell or egg…
Formation of Male Gamete
Inside the anther there are pollen mother cells. By meiosis four pollen grains are produced from each pollen mother cell. Each pollen grain contains two…
What is Fertilization?
We know there are small organs named ovules in the ovary of a flower. These ovules later on develop to seeds. The seeds we see…
Pollinating Agents
Pollination is the procedure of reproduction in plants. This procedure requires at least one agent of pollination to move the pollen between male and female…
Differences between Self-pollination and Cross-pollination
Pollination takes two forms: self-pollination and cross-pollination. The procedure of transfers of pollen grains from anthers to the stigma of a flower, but when this…
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