Even after killing the generative cell with a laser beam, the pollen grain of a flowering plant germinates and produces normal pollen tube because

  • [AIPMT 1989]
  • A

    Laser beam stimulates pollen germination and pollen tube growth

  • B

    The laser beam does not damage the region from which pollen tube emerges

  • C

    The contents of killed generative cell permit germination and pollen tube growth

  • D

    The vegetative cell has not been damaged

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  • [AIPMT 2012]

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