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Agriculture · Q645

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 645

Q645

Emasculation of flower is necessary for hybridization in

A.
Male sterile plants
B.
Self pollinated plants
Answer
C.
Self incompatible plants
D.
Dioecious plants

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Emasculation of flower is necessary for hybridization in Self-pollinated plants.
Self pollination is condition in which pollen from the same plant or same flower fertilizes the ovule of the same flower. In such cases, for hybridization, emasculation is necessary.
Emasculation is the removal of anther or stamen or the pollen of bisexual flowers.