Question

State what is apomixis. Comment on its significance. How can it be commercially used?

Answer 1

Reproduction by special sporophytic or gametophytic generative tissues without fertilization (fusion of male and female gamete) is known as apomixis. It is a mode of asexual reproduction in flowering plants and hence produce clones, not variations. Apomictic seed production in hybrid plants allows commercial use of hybrid seeds without conducting hybridization again and again.