Select the seeds with perisperm from the following options. |
Pea and groundnut Maize and black pepper Beet and castor Beet and black pepper |
Beet and black pepper |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Beet and black pepper Perisperm is a layer of nutritive tissue in the seed of certain flowering plants that are derived from the nucellus and surrounds the embryo. In seeds of some plants remnants of a nucellus is persistent. This residual, persistent nucellus is called perisperm. Perisperm is found in the seeds of a variety of plants, including black pepper and beet. |