NEET2014BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsActual
Geitonogamy involves
Options
- AFertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
- BFertilization of a flower by the pollen from another same flower.
- CFertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
- DFertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population
Correct answer
A. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
Step-by-step solution
Geitonogamy comes from a Latin word, geiton-neighbor and gamy-marriage. This is a mode of pollination, commonly referred as self-pollination. Here, the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant is observed.