What does the filiform apparatus do at the entrance into ovule?

What does the filiform apparatus do at the entrance into ovule?
  1. It guides pollen tube from a synergid to egg
  2. It helps in the entry of pollen tube into a synergid
  3. It prevents entry of more than one pollen tube into the embryosac
  4. It brings about opening of the pollen tube

Solution

It helps in the entry of pollen tube into synergid : Filiform apparatus is present at the micropylar end in synergid. It is a mass of finger like projections. It releases certain chemical substances which direct the path of pollen tube inside the synergid through micropyle (chemotropic effect)

Asked in: NEET 2008 (Mains)

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