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Question
Enlist the steps of controlled cross pollination. Would emasculation be needed in a cucurbit plant? Give reasons for your answer.
Solution
Steps of controlled cross pollination: Selection of parents → Emasculation → Bagging → Collection of pollen from male parent →Dusting the pollen on stigma →Re-bagging Emasculation could not be needed in a cucurbit plant because it has unisexual flowers.
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