NEET 2012
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2012
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
NEET 2012 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Both, autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in
Both, autogamy and geitonogamy are prevented in
Options
- Apapaya
- Bcucumber
- Ccastor
- Dmaize
Correct answer
A. papaya
Step-by-step solution
Autogamy involves pollination within the same flower, while geitonogamy involves transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. Both the processes are prevented in papaya because it is a dioecious plant (i.e., male and female sex organs are borne on separate plants) and it always needs cross-pollination.