SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS
KEY TAKEAWAYS
→ Male reproductive structures
Stamen
Anther
Microsporangium
→ Journey to pollen grain
Microsporogenesis
Pollen grain maturation
→ Female reproductive structures
Ovary
Ovule
→ Journey to female
Megasporogenesis
→ Pollination
Self-pollination
Cross-pollination
→ Agents of pollination
Wind
Water
Insects
→Outbreeding devices
→ Artificial hybridisation
→ Double fertilisation
→ Post fertilisation events
Endosperm
Embryo
Seed
→ Apomixis, polyembryony, Hybrid seeds
KEY TAKEAWAYS
→ Male reproductive structures
Stamen
Anther
Microsporangium
→ Journey to pollen grain
Microsporogenesis
Pollen grain maturation
→ Female reproductive structures
Ovary
Ovule
→ Journey to female
Megasporogenesis
→ Pollination
Self-pollination
Cross-pollination
→ Agents of pollination
Wind
Water
Insects
→Outbreeding devices
→ Artificial hybridisation
→ Double fertilisation
→ Post fertilisation events
Endosperm
Embryo
Seed
→ Apomixis, polyembryony, Hybrid seeds