Give an account of advantages and disadvantages of self – pollination.
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Self-pollination is when pollen from the same plant arrives at the stigma of a flower or at the ovule.
Advantages :
Much surer in bisexual flowers where stamens and carpels mature simultaneously.
Indefinite preservation of parental characters.
No wastage of pollen grains.
Flowers are not required to be showy and large.
Nectar and scent are not required to be produced by flowers.
Disadvantages :
May lead to the weakening of variety or the species due to continued self-pollination, thereby affecting the quality of offspring.
Defective or weaker characters of the variety or breed cannot be eliminated.
Self-pollination does not yield new varieties, hence fewer chances of improvement in the subsequent generation.
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