VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2013

  • question_answer
    Cereals during germination derive their food from

    A)  soil                 

    B)  starch

    C)  embryo             

    D)  aleurone grains

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Cereal derive their food germination from aleurone grain. In cereals, particularly in barley, aleurone layer is thick and contains protein. Which is used in the growth of embryo. Here, gibberellin plays a vital role mobilising food reserves of cereal grains during germination.


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