The phenomenon observed in some plants wherein parts of the sexual apparatus is used for forming embryos without fertilisation is called

Options

A. parthenocarpy
B. apomixis
C. vegetative propagation
D. sexual reproduction

Answer

B

Explanation

Apomixis is the phenomenon of formation of seeds without fertilisation. These embryos are genetically identical to the parental plant.
Other options are not correct to parthenocarpy and apornixis are different phenomenon . Parthenocarpy is the formation of fruits without fertilisation and hence the fruits are seedless, e.g., banana.
(i) Vegetative propagation or reproduction is a form of asexual reproduction in plants, in which new organisms arise without production of seeds or spores.
(ii) Sexual reproduction involves formation of the male and female gemetes , either by the same individual or by different individuals of the opposite sex. These gametes fuse of form the zygote which develops to form the new organism.