Question

Name and explain the technique that can be used in developing improved crop varieties in plants bearing female flowers only.

Answer 1

One of the main strategies used in crop improvements to increase crop output is artificial hybridization. This approach fertilizes using specified pollen grains. Emasculation and bagging techniques are used to achieve this. Emasculation is not necessary if the female parent is unisexual. In this case, before the flowers open, the female flower buds are immediately bagged. The stigma is coated with the appropriate pollens to enable germination once it is receptive.