Enlist the steps of controlled cross-pollination. Would esasculation be needed in a cucurbit plant? Give reasons for your answer.

Explanation

(i)Selection of parents (ii) Bagging of flowers ,when they are young (iii)Emasculation of female flowers (iv)Collection of pollen grains (v)Dusting of pollen grains on stigma of female flower (vi)Bagging of female flowers
(vii)Collection of seeds (viii)To raise hybrid plants
In cucurbits ,emasculation is n ot needed as flowers are unisexual in family cucurbitaceae.