Question

Non-viable seeds are produced by?

• A. Somatic embryogenesis
• B. Apomixis
• C. Hybridisation
• D. Parthenocarpy

Answer 1

The correct option is A Somatic embryogenesis

• Somatic embryogenesis is an artificial process in which a plant or embryo is derived from a single somatic cell. Somatic embryos are formed from plant cells that are not normally involved in the development of embryos. No endosperm or seed coat is formed around a somatic embryo.
  
• A non-viable seed is the one which fails to germinate even under optimal conditions, including treatments for the removal of dormancy.
  
• Somatic embryogenesis mostly produces non-viable seeds.
• So, the correct answer is 'Somatic embryogenesis'.