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प्रश्न
List out the functions of the tapetum.
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उत्तर
- It supplies nutrition to the developing microspores.
- It contributes sporopollenin through ubisch bodies thus plays an important role in pollen wall formation.
- The pollenkitt material is contributed by tapetal cells and is later transferred to the pollen surface.
- Exine proteins responsible for the ‘rejection reaction’ of the stigma are present in the cavities of the exine. These proteins are derived from tapetal cells.
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