advantages of cross pollination
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➠ Advantages:-
- By cross pollination, the developed progeny is stronger andhealthier.
- Seeds formed are of improved type and are viable.
- Seeds store greater quantities of food substances such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
- Fruits produced are bigger in size and of better quality
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- cross pollination can only occur between varieties, not species.
- So, for example, a cucumber cannot cross pollinate with a squash.
- They are not the same species. ... Cross pollination does not affect this years' fruit, but will affect the fruit of any seeds planted from that fruit.
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Pollination is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one flower to the stigma of the same or another flower. It is said to be the first process of sexual fertilization in flowering plants. Pollen grains contain the male gamete and are present in the anthers of the flower.
Advantages of cross pollination:
1.Progeny shows enhanced vigor.
2.Offsprings are more viable and resistant.
3.There is a possibility to get new desirable characters.
4.Yield of crop can be maintained.
5.It helps in evolution.
6.Undesirable characters of the plant can be eliminated.
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