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प्रश्न
With the help of a suitable example, explain protandry.
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उत्तर
In this type, androecium matures earlier than the gynoecium, e.g., in the disc florets of sunflowers.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Mention two strategies that evolved to prevent self-pollination in flowers.
Why does self-pollination not lead to seed formation in self-incompatible species?
Can a unisexual flower be self pollinated?
Complete the following chart and rewrite.
| Sr.No. | Agencies | type of pollination |
| 1 | Water | .................... |
| 2 | ........................... | Entomophily |
| 3 | Bat | .................... |
| 4 | ....................... | Ornithophily |
(Or)
Explain outbreeding devices in angiospermic plants.
Name of the part of the ovary which gives rise to:
Fruit ______
In bisexual flowers, maturation of gynoecium before androecium is known as ______.
For which of the following attractants and rewards are required?
Which one of these statements is incorrect?
The following statements seem to describe the water-pollinated submerged plants.
In the dioecious aquatic plant shown, identify the characteristics of the male flowers that reach the female flowers for pollination:

| Size of the flower | Colour of flower | The characteristic feature of pollen grain | |
| A | small | brightly coloured | Lightweight and non-sticky |
| B | large | colourless | large and sticky |
| C | small | white | small, covered with mucilage |
| D | large | colourless | non-sticky |
Pollination refers to the ______.
