Question:

Geitonogamy involves

Updated On: Jul 13, 2024
  • fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
  • fertilization of a flower by the pollen from the same flower
  • fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
  • fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population.
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Geitonogamy is the pollination taking place between the two flowers of the same plant or genetically similar plant. Hence, genetically it is self pollination but since the agency is involved, it is ecologically, cross pollination.
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Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants takes place or happens when the production of a new organism occurs from two parents by making use of their gametes or sex cells. Both sexual and asexual reproduction can be found in plants. Nearly all flowering plants reproduce sexually. Flowers play a captious role in the process as it carries both the male and female reproductive parts commonly known as androecium and gynoecium respectively.

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