Question

the pigments are concentrated as a unique layer of cells above the nucellar cuticule in the seed coat of the unripe caryopsis. this interior seed coat exists beneath the pericarp in the caryopsis of pigmented rice when the seed gets matured and other integument layers are compressed and reabsorbed

Answer 1

unique layer of cells above the nucellar cuticule in the seed coat of the unripe caryopsis. this interior seed coat exists beneath the pericarp in the caryopsis of pigmented rice when the seed gets matured and other integument layers are compressed