Explain the process of artificial hybridization to get improved crop variety in plants bearing bisexual flowers. (ii) female parent producing unisexual flowers.

Explain giving one example of each, the unisexual and bisexual flowers.

If a plant bears unisexual, bisexual and even neutral flowers, it is called

A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic make up of the tall parent can be depicted as

Explain the structure of a mature female gametophyte in flowering plants.

A Mendelian experiment considered of breeding tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers. But ahnost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic makeup of the tall parent can be depicted as

What is artificial hybridization? Explain emasculation and bagging techniques used in artificial hybridisation for crop improvement programmes.

In a particular plant species majority of the plants bear purple flowers. Very few plants bear white flowers. No intermediate colours are observed. If you are given a plant bearing purple flowers, how would you ascertain that it is a pure breed for that trait? Explain.