How does the process of fertilisation take place in flowers?

Answer in Brief

When pollen lands on the stigma, it germinates and gives rise to a pollen tube that passes through the style and reaches the ovary of a pistil.
When the pollen tube reaches an ovule, it releases the male gametes. A male gamete fuses with a female gamete in the ovule.
This process is known as fertilisation. The cell which is formed after the fusion of a male and a female gamete is known as zygote.
This zygote divides several times in order to form the embryo present inside the seed.

Process of fertilisation

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Chapter 8: Reproduction in Plants - Exercises [Page 90]

Chapter 8 Reproduction in Plants
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