Question: Cleistogamy promotes: (IGKV CET Horti 2021)
Options:
Self-pollination
Cross-pollination
Both a & b
Male sterility
✅Explanation: Cleistogamy ensures self-pollination within a closed flower bud, without the flower ever opening.
🔴 Related terminology:
-Cleistogamy: Self-pollination within a closed flower bud.
-Pollination: Transfer of pollen grains from stamen to stigma.
-Self-pollination: Pollination where pollen from the same flower fertilizes ovules.
-Cross-pollination: Pollination where pollen from a different flower fertilizes ovules.