Question

Plz answer in one word:
1. The anther and stigma mature at the same time.
2. Bisexual flowers remains closed all their life so that the pollen can easily pollinate the stigma of the flower.
3. A flower containing both male and female parts.
4. Pollen grains of flower fail to fertilize the egg cell of the same flower.

Answer 1

1. homogamy
2.cleistogamous
3. hermaphorditic
4. self sterility

Answer 2

1. The 'anther and stigma' mature at the 'same time' and this is called as homogamy.

2. Cleistogamous  is a process where the bisexual flowers will be closed throught their life so that the 'pollen' can easily 'pollinate' the stigma of the flower.

3. A flower is said to be hermaphorditic if the flower has both the male parts and the female parts.

4. Self sterility occurs when the pollen grains of a flower fail to 'fertilize' the egg cell which belongs to the same flower.