NEET 2017
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2017
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
NEET 2017 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
A dioecious flowering plant prevents both:
A dioecious flowering plant prevents both:
Options
- AAutogamy and xenogamy
- BAutogamy and geitonogamy
- CGeitonogamy and xenogamy
- DCleistogamy and xenogamy
Correct answer
B. Autogamy and geitonogamy
Step-by-step solution
When unisexual male and female flowers are present on different plants, the condition is called dioecious, and it prevents both autogamy and geitonogamy. Autogamy or self-fertilization refers to the fusion of two gametes that come from one individual. Xenogamy is the fertilization of a flower by pollen from a flower on a genetically different plant. Geitonogamy is considered if a first flower is pollinated by the pollen of the second flower of the same plant. Cleistogamy is self-fertilization that occurs within a permanently closed flower.