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Agriculture · Q1080

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1080

Q1080

The crop showing greatest inbreeding depression is

A.
Onion
Answer
B.
Lettuce
C.
Tomato
D.
Limabean

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The crop showing the greatest inbreeding depression is Onion.
Inbreeding depression is the reduced survival and fertility of offspring of related individuals.
They reproduce either by the self-pollination or cross-pollination process. This phenomenon is observed in several other plant species that are further grouped based on the following four categories.