Question

What is apomixis and what is its importance?

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.