NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
How is geitonogamy genetically similar?
Options
- ASimilar to xenogamy
- BSimilar to autogamy
- CSimilar to cleistogamy
- DSimilar to apomixis
Correct answer
B. Similar to autogamy
Step-by-step solution
Geitonogamy -Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. Although geitonogamy is functionally cross-pollination involving a pollinating agent, genetically it is similar to autogamy since the pollen grains come from the same plant. Xenogamy – Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant. This is the only type of pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to the stigma.