Question

What is the significance of polyploidy plants ?

Answer 1

Polyploidy

Polyploidy is defined as the presence of three or more sets of chromosomes in plants or organisms.

The significance of Polyploidy plants are:

1. Polyploidy plants produces larger size of fruits and seeds.
2. They are resistant to specific diseases compared to normal ones.
3. Polyploidy plants show a high degree of variations which is good for genetic evolution.
4. They can be adjusted to environmental conditions.
5. For example, Wheat, Cotton, Oats, Tomatoes, etc. which are chemically high in nutrition.