In grasses what happens in micro spore mother cell for the formation of mature pollen grains :

one meotic and two mitotic division
one meotic and one mitotic division

there are different ans at different sites so pls tell which one out of these two is correct?

Dear student,option b is correct.Grass is a monocot plant. Primary sporogenous cell gives rise to microspore mother cells or pollen mother cells. Each MMC on reduction division gives rise to 4 microspores or pollens and this formation of microspores or pollens is called microsporogenesis. Karyokinesis is of successive type. The successive type of cytokinesis is common in monocots. Here both meiotic I and II nuclear divisions are followed by wall formation and it leads to isobilateral tetrad.

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