NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant is geitonogamy Reason: In Xenogamy, there is no genetic variation in the flowers
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
Transfer of pollen grains from anther to the stigma of a different plant is Xenogamy. This is the only type of pollination which during pollination brings genetically different types of pollen grains to the stigma