NEETBiologySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsMCQ+4 / −1
Geitonogamy involves
- Afertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
- Bfertilization of a flower by the pollen from the same flower
- Cfertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
- Dfertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population.
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Correct answer: A
Geitonogamy is the pollination taking place between the two flowers of the same plant or genetically similar plant. Hence, genetically it is self pollination but since the agency is involved, it is ecologically, cross pollination.
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