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प्रश्न
Are parthenocarpy and apomixis different phenomena? Discuss their benefits.
उत्तर
yes, parthenocarpy and apomixis are different phenomenon.
Importance of Parthenocarpy
- The fruit production without fertilisation of the ovary is called parthenocarpy. This phenomenon is applied for the commercial production of seedless fruits. e.g., banana, grapes.
- This is more useful far the juice industries.
Importance of Apomixis
- During apomixis, chromosomal segregation and recombination does not occur. So characters are stable for several generations.
- It simpilfiers commercial hybridised production because isolation is not necessary to produce F 1 F1 or maintain parental generation.
- Adventive embryony is being used in the production of uniform root-stock and virus-free varieties.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is apomixis?
Very short answer type question:
Are pollination and fertilization necessary in apomixis?
Identify the CORRECT statements with respect to non-recurrent apomixis.
i. Plants produced by this method are generally sterile and do not reproduce sexually.
ii. In this, megaspore mother cell undergoes usual meiotic division and a haploid embryo sac is formed.
______ refers to the formation of seeds without fertilization.
Identify the CORRECT term which describes the following condition.
In some plants, the female gamete develops into embryo without fertilization.
The phenomenon observed in some plants wherein parts of the sexual apparatus are used for forming embryos without fertilization is called ______
A form of asexual reproduction that mimics sexual reproduction is ______.
Apospory is the direct formation of ______.
Haploid cells belong to ______.
Explain following term:
Apomixis
