NEET BIOLOGY

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

PLANT GROWTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do cotyledons do for a seed?
A
They supply food for the young plant.
B
It brings water into the plant.
C
It grows seeds for it.
D
It is big and green.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -cotyledon, seed leaf within the embryo of a seed. Cotyledons help supply the nutrition a plant embryo needs to germinate and become established as a photosynthetic organism and may themselves be a source of nutritional reserves or may aid the embryo in metabolizing nutrition stored elsewhere in the seed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cotyledons are rich in proteins, starch, and fats. These stored nutrients are supplied to the seedling during germination. Sometimes, the cotyledons may become photosynthetic in function during the process of germination. So their major role is in supporting the baby plant nutrition-wise during the seed germination.

Detailed explanation-3: -They contain reserve food material that provides nourishment to the developing seedling. The function of Cotyledons is to store food for the growing embryo.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is Cotyledon? Cotyledon refers to the significant part of the embryo found within the seed. It is the first and the tender leaf that emerges when the seed germinates. It is also called the storage unit of a seed, as it provides nutrients to the different parts of an embryo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Cotyledons are the embryonic part of the seeds of flowering plant which upon germination forms the first green leaf. If a plant contains two cotyledons in the seed then the plant is said to be a dicot plant and if a plant contains only one cotyledons in the seed then it is said to be a monocot plant.

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