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 What is meant by emasculation? When and why does a plant breeder employ this technique?

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The process of removal of anthers from the flower buds of a bisexual flower before the anther dehisce, in order to avoid self pollination.
Plant breeders employ this technique for artificial hybridization for crop improvement. programme.
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