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प्रश्न
How polyembryony can be commercially exploited?
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उत्तर
- Polyembryony increases the chances of survival of the new plants.
- Genetically uniform parental type seedlings are obtained from nucellar embryos, thus nucellar adventive polyembryony is of great significance in horticulture.
- Plantlets obtained from these embryos are disease-free.
- These embryos can be isolated and grown on embryo culture to produce clones.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the different ways apomictic seeds can develop, Give an example of each.
Mention one advantage of apomictic seeds to farmers.
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________takes place when one male gamete and the egg fuse together. The fertilized egg grows into a seed from which the new plants can grow.
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________is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of the flower to the stigma of the same or a different flower
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The ______ are coloured to attract the insects that carry the pollen. Some flowers also produce ______ or ______ that attracts insects.
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The whorl ________is green that protects the flower until it opens.
What is adventive polyembryony?
Apomixis is a type of reproduction that results is the development of a/an ______.
Adventive polyembryony in citrus is due to ______.
What is polyembryony and how can it be commercially exploited?
