Q.

Transmission tissue is characteristic feature of                    [2015]

1 dry stigma  
2 wet stigma  
3 hollow style  
4 solid style  

Ans.

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Style is traversed by the pollen tube to reach the ovule. It is of two types - hollow and solid. In hollow styles, the stylar canal is lined by glandular cells, which are usually multinucleate and polyploid whereas solid style has a core of transmitting tissue, composed of thin walled cells, through which the pollen tube moves.