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Agriculture · Q788

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 788

Q788

In wheat cross-pollination is possible

A.
15%
Answer
B.
75%
C.
65%
D.
25%

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
In wheat, cross-pollination is possible at 15%.
Wheat is a self-pollinating crop that produces seed when pollen from anthers fertilizes the receptive ovary in the same flower of a single-parent plant.
Hybrid wheat, where the seed is produced from two different parent plants, requires cross-pollination which is rare in nature, possibly 15%.