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Agriculture · Q65

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 65

Q65

The process in which seeds are formed but embryo develops without fertilization is

A.
Apomixis
Answer
B.
Parthenogenesis
C.
Parthenocarpy
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The process in which seeds are formed but an embryo develops without fertilization is Apomixis.
Apomixis (asexual seed formation) 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.