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Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to...

Adventive embryony in Citrus is due to

A

nucellus

B

integuments

C

zygotic embryo

D

fertilised egg

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Nucellus embryony occurs in crassinucellate ovules (e.g. Citrus, Opuntia). On the other hand integumentary embryony occurs in tenuinucellate ovules (e.g. Euonymus).
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