Question

Write notes on Mechanism of seed multiplication.

Answer 1

(i) Emasculation and pollination are easy to perform.

(ii) More seeds per pollination are produced.

(iii) Price of hybrid seed is economical in relation to the cost of manual hybrid seed production.

(iv) Seed rate is low.

Accordingly, this method is in use in hot pepper tomato, eggplant, capsicum, okra, cucurbits, maize, etc.