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Agriculture · Q990

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 990

Q990

Development of the seed without sexual process is

A.
Apomixix
Answer
B.
Parthogenesis
C.
Polyembryony
D.
Budding

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Development of the seed without sexual process is Apomixis.
Apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization.
Apomixis is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction meiosis and fertilization.
Without the need for male fertilization, the resulting seed germinates a plant that develops as a maternal clone.