What is triple fusion? Where and how does it take place? Name the nuclei involved in triple fusion.
What is triple fusion? Where and how does it take place? Name the nuclei involved in triple fusion.

Solution: Triple fusion occurs when two polar nuclei and a sperm nucleus fuses within the embryo sac of flowering plants. The events that take place in triple fusion are;

  • The pollen grains get dusted on stigma which leads to germination, which gives rise to a pollen tube that enters the ovule.
  • The pollen tube passes into one of the synergids where it releases two male gametes.
  • One out of the two gametes fuses with the egg nucleus and forms a zygote.
  • The other remaining gamete fuses with the two polar nuclei located in the central cell and forms a triploid endosperm nucleus.

The nuclei involved in triple fusion are:

  • A male gamete or sperm nucleus
  • Two polar nuclei