Question

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15. What is meant by emasculation? When and why does a plant breeder
employ this technique?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Emasculation is the process of removing anthers from bisexual flowers without affecting the female reproductive part (pistil), which is used in various plant hybridization techniques.

USES:

• Emasculation is performed by plant breeders in bisexual flowers to obtain the desired variety of a plant by crossing a particular plant with the desired pollen grain.
• To remove the anthers, the flowers are covered with a bag before they open.
• This ensures that the flower is pollinated by pollen grains obtained from desirable varieties only.
• Later, the mature, viable, and stored pollen grains are dusted on the bagged stigma by breeders to allow artificial pollination to take place and obtain the desired plant variety.