Question

Explain what is double fertilization in plants

Answer 1

A pollen tube releases two sperm cells into an unfertilized ovule. 2:Double fertilization occurs when one sperm cell fuses with the egg to produce a zygote, and the other sperm cell fuses with the two polar nuclei to make the endosperm. 3: After double fertilization, a seed and fruit develop.

Answer 2

Double fertilization involves two steps :-

1. Syngamy

2. Triple fusion

Syngamy ⇒ During the fertilization in flowering plants pollen tube releases two male gametes & it moves towards the egg cell and fuses with the nucleus to form diploid zygote.  

Triple fusion ⇒ The other male gametes move towards the two polar nuclei located in the central cell & fuses with it & produce triploid primary endosperm nucleus.  

This is called double fertilization.