Spot the incorrect statement:

Options

A. A monocot embryo has only one cotyle don.
B. Scutellum is situated towards one side of the embryonal axis.
C. The embryonal axis has the radical and root cap at its upper end. It is enclosed by an undifferentiated sheath called seed coat.
D. The part of embryonal axis above the level of attachment of scutellum is called as epicotyl.

Answer

C

Explanation

(1) A monocot embryo has only one cotyledon.
(2) The cotyledon is called scutellum in the grass family. It is situated towards one side of the embryonal axis.
(3) The embryonal axis has the radical and root cap at its lower end. It is enclosed by an undifferentiated sheath called coleorhiza.
(4) The part of embryonal axis above the level of attachment of scutellum is called as epicotyl. Epicotyl has a shoot apex and a few leaf primordia enclosed in a hollow foliar structure, the coleoptile.