In plant breeding / hybridization, removal of stamens in the early stage of bisexual flower is practiced and it is known as

Emasculation

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Crossing

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Sterilization

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Pure-line selection

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Solution

The correct option is A Emasculation
Emasculation is the removal of anthers in a bisexual flower to prevent self-pollination.
The female reproductive part is not involved in this process. It is a technique used by plant breeders to obtain the desired variety by crossing a plant with the desired pollen grain obtained by emasculation.

Thus the correct answer is option A.

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	I		II
(a)	Use of bisexual flowers as female flowers	i.	Clonal selection
(b)	Incorporation of several desirable characters into a single variety	ii.	Pure line selection
(c)	Exploiting hybrid vigour for several generations	iii.	Emasculation
(d)	Improving local varieties of self pollinated plants	iv.	Hybridisation
		v.	Polyploidy breeding

In a bisexual flower, inspite of the young stamens being removed artificially, the flower produces fruit. Explain.

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