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Stamen in pisum sativum is dithecous. Each microsporangium has 20 pollen mother cells. The total number of pollen grains formed from one flo


Amsavarthan 22nd Apr, 2019
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Samridhi Rai 23rd Apr, 2019


The Pisum sativum flower contains 10 anthers which are dithecous. Thus each stamen contains 4 microsporangia. These microsporangia develop into pollen sacs.

Thus the total number of pollen sacs in each flower

= Number of anthers X Number of pollen sacs per anther

=10 x 4

=40 pollen sacs

                                                   


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