What
is meant by emasculation? When and why does a plant breeder employ
this technique?
What is meant by emasculation? When and why does a plant breeder employ this technique?
Emasculation
is the process of removing anthers from bisexual flowers without
affecting the female reproductive part (pistil), which is used in
various plant hybridization techniques.
Emasculation
is performed by plant breeders in bisexual flowers to obtain the
desired variety of a plant by crossing a particular plant with the
desired pollen grain. To remove the anthers, the flowers are covered
with a bag before they open. This ensures that the flower is
pollinated by pollen grains obtained from desirable varieties only.
Later, the mature, viable, and stored pollen grains are dusted on the
bagged stigma by breeders to allow artificial pollination to take
place and obtain the desired plant variety.
Emasculation is the process of removing anthers from bisexual flowers without affecting the female reproductive part (pistil), which is used in various plant hybridization techniques.
Emasculation is performed by plant breeders in bisexual flowers to obtain the desired variety of a plant by crossing a particular plant with the desired pollen grain. To remove the anthers, the flowers are covered with a bag before they open. This ensures that the flower is pollinated by pollen grains obtained from desirable varieties only. Later, the mature, viable, and stored pollen grains are dusted on the bagged stigma by breeders to allow artificial pollination to take place and obtain the desired plant variety.
