NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2012

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    Even in absence of pollinating agents seed-setting is assured in

    A) Commellina      

    B) Zostera

    C)        Salvia                    

    D)        fig

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Commellina benghaknsis or kankauoa bears aerial; chasmogamous (stigma and anthers exposed to pollinating agents), insect pollinated   flowers   and   underground deistogamous flowers. Cleistogamous flowers are bisexual flowers which never open, i.e., always remain dosed. In such flowers the anthers and stigma lie very dose to each other. When anthers dehisce in the flower buds, pollen grains come in contact with the stigma of the same flower, i.e., autogamy occurs. So, these flowers produce assured seed set, even in the absence of pollinators.


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