Question

The male cone of Pinus is modified [AFMC 1993]
A) Long shoot
B) Needle leaves
C) Dwarf shoot
D) None of the above

Answer 1

ANSWER
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The male cone of Pinus is modified [AFMC 1993] IS DWARF SHOOT

Answer 2

Answer:

The ‘male cone of Pinus’ is modified known as C) Dwarf shoot.  

Explanation:

The dwarf shoot of the pine has a scaly leaves which is called prophylls. This is followed by the 5-13 cataphylls which is arranged in a 2/5 phyllotaxy and in order of  1-5 needles.

These dwarf shoot arises on the long shoots at the axil of the scaly leaf like structure. There are two kinds of shoots are present in the pine plants i.e., dwarf shoots and long shoots and.