Question

What is aleurone layer in a maize grain?

Answer 1

Starchy endosperm cells are large, irregularly shaped cells and contain starch grains while aleurone cells are cuboidal in shape and contain aleurone grains. In most cultivated cereals (wheat species, rye, oats, rice and maize) the aleurone is single-layered, whereas barley has a multicellular aleurone layer.

Answer 2

between the endosperm and the cytoplasm that contains plumule and radicel as embryo