One advantage of apomixis for plant breeding is:
Increased genetic diversity
Maintaining desirable traits over generations
Adaptation to changing environments
Enhanced seed dispersal
Related Questions
Which plant is commonly known to exhibit polyembryony?
Mango
Wheat
Citrus
Rice
Which combination of reproductive processes would result in the highest degree of genetic uniformity within a plant population?
Apomixis and self-fertilization
Apomixis and cross-fertilization
Sexual reproduction and self-fertilization
Sexual reproduction and cross-fertilization
Which statement is true about polyembryony?
It always results in genetically diverse offspring.
It only occurs in gymnosperms.
It prevents self-fertilization.
It can result in genetically identical offspring.
Apomixis and parthenocarpy are similar in lacking?
meiosis
fertilization
requirement of pollinator
all
Polyembryony is reported in
I. Citrus
II. Mango
III.
Correct name are
I and III
II and III
I, II and III
I and II
Apomixis arises due to
Development of an embryo without meiosis and fertilization
Development of an embryo from a fertilized egg
Development of an embryo from a haploid cell
Development of an ovary without pollination
In adventive embryony, embryos develop from:
Haploid egg cell
Diploid zygote
Diploid cells of the nucellus or integuments
Synergids or antipodal cells
Apomixis is like
Sexual reproduction
Fertilization
Parthenogenesis
Asexual reproduction
Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of:
Sporulation
Budding
Somatic hybridization
Apomixis
In a type of apomixes known as adventive embryony, embryos develop directly from the
Nucellus or integuments
Synergids or antipodals in an embryo sac
Accessory embryo sacs in the ovule
Zygote
