Plant repoduction (sexual & asexual)

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  • The male part of a plant -stamen ,contuines the anther ,filament and sepal
  • Two features of a pollinated plant is coulorful petals ,scent and nectary
  • Pollination can be done by wind or insects
  • Defention of fertilisation :union of male and female gametes to form a diploid zygote
  • The female part of the plant -carpel includes the stigma ,style ,ovary ,ovule and nectary
  • Anther consists of 4 chambers called pollen sacs
  • Pollen grain divide by mitosis to form two haploid nuclei ,called tube nucleus and generative nucleus
  • The tube necleus forms pollen tube ,then degenerates
  • After the tube cells degenerates ,the generates cell divides by mitosis to produce 2 male gametes also known as sperm nuclei
  • 2nd male gamete +2 polar nuclei = triple fusion
  • Triple fusion is when the second male gamete fuses with the two polar nuclei