Question

Plasmodesmata was discovered and named by
(a)Hanstein
(b)Kolliker
(c)Strasburger
(d)Garnier

Answer 1

Hint: This microscopic cytoplasmic canal shaped structure that passes through plant-cell walls and allows direct communication of molecules between adjacent plant cells. Their formation takes place during the cell division in the plant cell.

Complete answer:
The Plasmodesmata was discovered and named by Eduard Tangle in the year 1879 and Strasburger in the year 1901, respectively.
Eduard Adolf Strasburger was a Polish-German professor. He was born on 1 February 1844 and one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century. He was born in Warsaw city in Congress, Poland, His mother, and father were Krystyna Anna (von Schütz) and Edward Bogumił Strasburger. He studied biological sciences in Paris, Bonn, and Jena, and received a Ph.D. in 1866 after working with Nathanael Pringsheim. In 1868 he was appointed as a teacher at the University of Warsaw. In 1869, he was appointed as the professor of botany at the University of Jena. He was married to Aleksandra Julia Wertheim in 1870 and had two children, Anna and Julius. From 1881, he was appointed as the head of the Botanisches Institute at the University of Bonn.

Additional Information: -He wrote a book on ‘Cell Formation and Cell Division’ in the year 1876, in this book he has set forth the basic principles of mitosis.
-Plasmodesmata perform the function of the cell to cell communication, i.e., they allow molecules to pass directly from cell to cell.
So, the correct answer is, ‘Strasburger.’

Note: An accurate description of the embryonic sac in gymnosperms and angiosperms, was first provided by Strasburger, along with demonstrating the process of double fertilization in angiosperms. He originated the terms cytoplasm and nucleoplasm.