NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the process of fertilization, pollen lands on the stigma, a tube grows down the style and enters the ovary. Male reproductive cells travel down the tube and join with the ovule, fertilizing it. The fertilized ovule becomes the seed, and the ovary becomes the fruit.

Detailed explanation-2: -angiosperm fertilization The pollen tube ultimately enters an ovule through the micropyle and penetrates one of the sterile cells on either side of the egg (synergids). These synergids begin to degenerate immediately after pollination. Pollen tubes can reach great lengths, as in corn, where the corn silk consists…

Detailed explanation-3: -The pollen tube structure rapidly descends down the length of the style via tip-directed growth, reaching rates of 1 cm/h, whilst carrying two non-motile sperm cells. Upon reaching the ovule the pollen tube ruptures, thereby delivering the sperm cells to the female gametophyte.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the generative cell moves down the pollen tube, a callus plug is formed to close it behind the generative cell. Once fertilization occurs, the pollen tube collapses and becomes non-functional.