What are the advantages of seeds to plants and mankind?
1. Advantages of seeds to plants: (a) Seeds have better adaptive strategies for dispersal to new habitats for better survival. (b) Seeds have reserve food materials to nourish the seedlings during seed germination. (c) The hard seed coat provides protection to the young embryo. (d) Since seeds are formed after sexual reproduction, they show genetic recombinations leading to variations. (e) Since seed formation does not depend on water (for fertilisation), their formation is more certain and they are the units of multiplication and continuity of the species.Advantages of seeds to mankind: (a) Seeds are stored and used as food throughout the year. (b) Seeds are also used to raise the crop in the favourable seasons depending on their viability.
