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(a) A capsicum flower has 240 ovules in its ovary . But , it produces a fruit with only 180 viable seeds.
Explain giving a reason that could be responsible for such a result.
(b) Describe the development of an endosperm in a viable seed. Why does endosperm development precedes embryo development ?
(c) Give an example of an angiosperm seed that has a perisperm . Name the part the perisperm develops from.

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(a) 60 ovules are abortive. They do not produce functional embryos.
(c ) Black Pepper , Perisperm develops from remnents of nucellus.

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