NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Which type of pollination is functionally similar to cross-pollination but genetically similar to autogamy?
Options
- AXenogamy
- BGeitonogamy
- CCleistogamy
- DChasmogamy
Correct answer
B. Geitonogamy
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.