Mature seeds of legumes are non albuminous.then can it be assumed that double fertilization does not occur in legumes.explain your answer.

Non albuminous means that the endosperm is consumed providing nourishment to embryo. since there will be no endosperm there will be no pseudofertilisation or trophomixis and hence no double fertilisation
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Seeds of legumes are non albuminous that implies that endosperm in such seeds is completely used up in providing nutrition to developing embryo. The endosperm is formed as a result of triple fusion between male gamete and two polar nuclei. This making it obviously that it can not be formed in the absence of double fertilisation Therfore, though the seeds of legumes are non albuminous, it clearly states that the occurrence of double fertilisation in them
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