Concept:
Pollen-pistil interaction includes all events from pollen landing on stigma to pollen tube growth and fertilization.
• Deposition of pollen on stigma
• Recognition (compatibility/incompatibility)
• Absorption of water and nutrients
• Germination of pollen to form pollen tube
Step 1: Understand pollen-pistil interaction.
It begins after pollination (pollen reaches stigma).
Step 2: Analyze each option.
• (A) Absorption of nutrients: Part of interaction
• (B) First division of pollen grain: Occurs before pollination (inside anther), not part of interaction
• (C) Deposition on stigma: First step of interaction
• (D) Germination: Key event of interaction
Step 3: Conclusion.
Thus, first division of pollen grain is not part of pollen-pistil interaction.
Final Answer: Option (B)