Endospermic seeds are found ina)barleyb)castorc)Both a & bd)peaCor...
Food storing tissue of a seed is endosperm. In flowering plants it is produced as a result of double fertilization. In most monocots and some dicot seeds, the food reserve remains in the endosperm. They are called endospermic or albuminous seeds, example: cereals, castor bean, coconuts, rubber. In majority of dicot seeds (example: pea, gram, bean, mustard, groundnut) and some monocot seeds (example: orchids, Sagittaria), the endosperm is consumed during seed development and the food is stored in cotyledons and other regions. They are called non-endospermic or exalbuminous seeds.
Endospermic seeds are found ina)barleyb)castorc)Both a & bd)peaCor...
Endospermic seeds refer to seeds that have a well-developed endosperm, which is a nutritive tissue that provides nourishment to the developing embryo.
Examples of endospermic seeds include:
- Barley: Barley seeds are endospermic and the endosperm is the part that is used to make malt, which is used in brewing beer and other alcoholic beverages.
- Castor: Castor seeds are also endospermic and the endosperm is rich in oil, which is used for various industrial and medicinal purposes.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C, which states that both barley and castor are examples of endospermic seeds. Option D, which states that pea is an example of endospermic seed, is incorrect because pea seeds are actually non-endospermic, which means that they do not have a well-developed endosperm. Instead, the cotyledons of the pea seed provide nourishment to the developing embryo.