Question

(a) Plan an experiment and prepare a flow chart of the steps that you would follow to ensure that the seeds are formed only from the desired sets of pollen grains. Name the type of experiment that you carried out.
(b) Write the importance of such experiments.

Answer 1

(a) Steps to be followed to ensure the seeds are formed only from the desired sets of pollen grains:
Selection of flowers from desired plants $\to$ emasculation $\to$ bagging $\to$ dusting of the pollens on the stigma of the flowers that were bagged $\to$ flower rebagged $\to$ fruit formed

This experiment carried out is artificial hybridization.

(b) Artificial hybridization leads to the production of superior / improved varieties of plants.