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Agriculture · Q971

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 971

Q971

Which one of the following crops is often cross-pollinated?

A.
Maize
B.
Groundnut
Answer
C.
Rice
D.
Sorghum

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Groundnut crop is often cross-pollinated.
In some crop plants, cross-pollination often exceeds 5 percent and may reach 30 percent. Such species are generally known as often cross-pollinated species.
About 1.0 to 3.9% of cross-pollination has been reported to take place naturally in groundnut. Several bee species are the pollinators in the out-crossing of groundnuts.