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Fertilization


FERTILIZATION


  • After successful pollination, the stigma secretes nutrients if pollen has landed on the correct stigma of the correct plant.
  • The pollen grains absorb these nutrients and start growing.
  • A thin tube grows out of the pollen grain.

  • The pollen tube keeps growing till it reaches the ovule inside the ovary and enters it.
  • The male gamete is carried inside the pollen tube.
  • Once the pollen tube reaches the ovule, the male gamete is released and it fuses with the female gamete (eggs) present there. This process is called fertilization.
  • A zygote is formed after fertilization takes place.