Question

Suppose in a flower of mustard each microsporangium posses 20 pollen mother cell then the total number of male gametes formed by this flower will be

Answer 1

Total number of microspore mother cells in six stamens = 40 × 6 = 240. Now, each microspore ...

Answer 2

one pollen mother cell produces 4 haploid pollens.

hence, 20 pollen mother cells will produce 4 X 20 pollen grains

that is equal to 80 pollen grains aka male gametes