NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Self-incompatibility is the device to induce inbreeding Reason: Self-incompatibility is a non-genetic mechanism and prevents self-pollen from fertilising the ovules by inhibiting pollen germination or pollen tube growth in the pistil.
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
Self-incompatibility is the device to induce inbreeding. Self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism and prevents self-pollen from fertilising the ovules by inhibiting pollen germination or pollen tube growth in the pistil.