NEET 2000 · Class 12
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Hair found in the inflorescence of *Zea mays* are the modification of
- (A)style
- (B)stigma
- (C)spathe
- (D)filaments
The NCERT line that answers it
Verbatim lineWind-pollinated flowers often have a single ovule in each ovary and numerous flowers packed into an inflorescence; a familiar example is the corn cob – the ears you see are nothing but the stigma and style which wave in the wind to trap pollen grains.
- Chapter
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
- Section
- 1.2.3 Pollination
- Page
- 12
- Words matched
- 43 of 44
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How this line gives the answer
0, emb=0.8839, combined=0.9304). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the ears of corn cob are 'nothing but the stigma and style which wave in the wind to trap pollen grains', directly identifying the hair-like structures as modifications of stigma (and style).
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