Question

Suppose in a flower of pea each microporangium possess 20 pollen mother cells then the total number of pollen produced in a flower will be

Answer 1

Answer:

320 pollen produced.

Explanation:

Anther of flower contains four microsporangia(tetrasporangiate).

20×4 = 80 pollen mother cells.

1 pollen mother cell forms four pollen grains by meiosis.

Hence 80 pollen mother cells forms 80×4 = 320 pollen grains.