NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Which device is specifically mentioned as preventing autogamy?
Options
- AProduction of unisexual flowers
- BSelf-incompatibility
- CPollen release timing
- DPositioning of anther and stigma
Correct answer
D. Positioning of anther and stigma
Step-by-step solution
Outbreeding Devices : Majority of flowering plants produce hermaphrodite flowers and pollen grains are likely to come in contact with the stigma of the same flower. Continued self-pollination result in inbreeding depression. Either the pollen is released before the stigma becomes receptive or stigma becomes receptive much before the release of pollen. In some other species, the anther and stigma are placed at different positions so that the pollen cannot come in contact with the stigma of the same flower. Both thes