differentiate between autogamy ,geitonogamy ,and xenogamy..
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Explanation:
Autogamy: Autogamy is the fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower. Geitonogamy: Geitonogamy is the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant. Xenogamy: Xenogamy is the fertilization of a flower by the pollen of a flower from a genetically different plant.
word autogamy mean self fertilization. this is a special type of self pollination in which an intersexual or top flower is pollinated through its own pollen. Autogamy is only possible when anther and stigma are close to each other and which has synchrony in pollen release and stigma respectively. It is frequently meet in unicellular organisms such as protozoan, protist.
autogamy in plant :- the plant which is capable to fertilize themselves rather than hybridize with another plants.
Autogamy occurs by three method:-
Namely-homogamy
Cliestogamy
Bud pollination