Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?

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Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?..

Answer / guest

Seeds that possess a special food storage tissue called the
endosperm are said to be albuminous and those which have no
such tissue for storage are said to be exalbuminous or
non-endospermic.

In albuminous seeds food is being stored in
endosperm the cotyledons are small and thin while on
exalbuminous seeds cotylesdon store up food and become thick
and Fleshy. When germination of seed takes place then food
is used by embryo whether it is stored in endosperm or in
cotypedon

Germination :-It is the process by which the dormant embryo
wakes up an begins to grow.

It is of two types
(1) Epigeal Germination
(2) Hypogeal Germination

(1)Epigeal:- In this cotyledons are seen upward by rapid
elongation of hypocotyl e.g. tamarind beans etc.

(2)Hypogeal :- When the cotyledons are seen to remain in
the soil, and in this epicoty the above the cotyledons and
elongates and pushes the plumule upwards.

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Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?..

Answer / vairamagri@gmail.com

In short,
Seeds with an endosperm at maturity is Albuminous seeds
ex:Mostly all monocots & dicots(grasses,palm,etc)
Seeds without an endosperm at maturity is Exalbuminous seeds
Ex:pea,bean,Sunflower,etc

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Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?..

Answer / deeksha

Albuminous seed are those seeds which have residual endosperm left in them they retain the part of endosperm as it is not completely used up in the embryo development whereas non albuminous seed are those in which whole of the endosperm gets consumed during embryo development

Examples of albuminous seeds are wheat, maize, barley ,castor etc
Examples of non albuminous seeds are pea and groundnut

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Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?..

Answer / gust

1. Seed which retain a part of endosperm after complete embryo development are called albuminous seeds .eg. Maize etc
2.seeds in which endosperm is fully consumed during embryo development are called ex-albuminous, eg. Pea etc.

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Explain Albuminous and Exalbuminous seeds ?..

Answer / abeer mashala

Seed which retain an endosperm at maturity are said to be albuminous. While those in which complete endosperm absorption have occursd ars saidvto be exalbuminous

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