NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Why would converting hybrids into apomicts benefit farmers?
Options
- AIt would reduce the cost of seeds
- BIt would increase productivity
- CIt would eliminate the need for annual seed production
- DIt would improve genetic diversity
Correct answer
C. It would eliminate the need for annual seed production
Step-by-step solution
Hybrid varieties of several of our food and vegetable crops are being extensively cultivated. Cultivation of hybrids has tremendously increased productivity. One of the problems of hybrids is that hybrid seeds have to be produced every year. If the seeds collected from hybrids are sown, the plants in the progeny will segregate and do not maintain hybrid characters. Production of hybrid seeds is costly and hence the cost of hybrid seeds become too expensive for the farmers. If these hybrids are made into apomicts, t