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Agriculture · Q712

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 712

Q712

Sex form in most cucurbits including melons is

A.
Hermaphrodite
B.
Monoecious
Answer
C.
Dioecious
D.
None of these

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Sex form in most cucurbits including melons is Monoecious.
Within the Cucurbitaceae family, most of its species develop unisexual female and male flowers.
The majority of the cucurbits exhibit monoecious conditions. Andromonoecious form Muskmelon and some cultivars of watermelon produce both male and bisexual flowers in a plant.