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

A

parthenocarpy

B

apomixis

C

vegetative propagation

D

sexual reporduction

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B
Apomixis is the term given to any phenomenon that leads to formation of embryo wherin parts of the sexual apparatus are used, but without fertilisation. Fertilisation is also absent in vegetative propagation, but parts of sexual apparatus are not involved. An example of apomixis is Citrus.
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