NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What is the impact of apomixis on hybrid seed cost?
Options
- AIt decreases the cost of hybrid seeds
- BIt increases the cost of hybrid seeds
- CIt has no effect on the cost
- DIt makes hybrid seeds less effective
Correct answer
A. It decreases the cost of hybrid seeds
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. 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, there is no segregation of characters in the hybrid progeny. Then the farmers can kee