NEET 2022
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2022
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
NEET 2022 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Which of the following can be expected if scientists succeed in...
Which of the following can be expected if scientists succeed in introducing apomictic gene into hybrid varieties of crops ?
Options
- APolyembryony will be seen and each seed will produce many plantlets
- BSeeds of hybrid plants will show longer dormancy
- CFarmers can keep on using the seeds produced by the hybrids to raise new crop year after year
- DThere will be segregation of the desired characters only in the progeny
Correct answer
C. Farmers can keep on using the seeds produced by the hybrids to raise new crop year after year
Step-by-step solution
It Apomictic gene are introduced into hybrid crop. Varieties, the seed formed in them without fertilisation, leads to continuation of desired combination of characters. For unlimited generations, thus Farmers can keep their seeds for next year.