Class 12th Biology 2016 Set1 Outside Delhi Board Paper Solution

Question 24

As a senior biology student you have been asked to demonstrate to the students of secondary level in your school, the procedure(s) that shall ensure cross pollination in a hermaphrodite flower. List the different steps that you would suggest and provide reasons for each one of them. 

Answer

The different steps that would suggest for cross pollination in a hermaphrodite flower are :

(i) Removal of anthers frono the flower bud before the anther dehisces using a pair of’forceps is necessary referred as emasculation.



(ii) Emasculated flowers covered with a tag of suitable size to prevent contamination of its stigma called Bagging.

(iii) When the stigma of bagged flower attains receptivity, mature pollen grains collected from anther of the male parent are dusted on the stigma, and the flowers are rebagged.