Question

importance of double fertilization

Answer 1

• It is a unique feature of angiosperms.
• It ensures that the parent plant invests a seed with a food store, only if the egg is fertilized.
• The diploid zygote develops into an embryo which consequently develops into a new plant.
• The triploid PEN develops into nutritive endosperm tissue.
• It restores the diploid condition by the fusion of the haploid male gamete with the haploid female gamete (i.e. through syngamy).
• It also helps to avoid polyembryony.