Given below are two statements. Statement I - Adventive embryony gives rise to a condition called polyembryony. Statement II - Generally, Nicotiana plants produced by non-recurrent apomixis are sterile and do not produce sexually. In the light of the above statements, select the correct option given below:

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Statement I is correct because adventive embryony involves the formation of embryos directly from diploid sporophytic cells (such as the nucellus or integuments) of the ovule. These embryos develop alongside the zygotic embryo, leading to the presence of multiple embryos in a single seed, a condition known as polyembryony. Examples include Citrus and Mango. Statement II is correct because in non-recurrent apomixis, the embryo develops from a haploid cell (such as an unfertilized egg cell) without fertilization. The