Question: Which variety of papaya is not a gynodioecious? (RJ AAO 2018)
Options:
Pusa Dwarf
Surya
Pusa Majesty
Coorg Honeydew
✅Explanation:
-Gynodioecious plants have two types of individuals: female plants, which produce only female flowers, and hermaphrodite plants, which have both male and female reproductive organs in the same flower.
-Pusa Dwarf is a dioecious papaya variety, meaning it has separate male and female plants.
-Gynodioecious plants have two types of individuals: female plants, which produce only female flowers, and hermaphrodite plants, which have both male and female reproductive organs in the same flower.
-Pusa Dwarf is a dioecious papaya variety, meaning it has separate male and female plants.
📌Other Options Explanations:
• Dioecious Varieties: Dioecious papaya varieties have distinct male and female plants:
-Pusa Nanha
-Pusa Dwarf
-Co 5
-Pant c-1
-Pusa Giant
-Betty
-Hatras Gold
• Gynodioecious Varieties: Gynodioecious papaya varieties have both hermaphrodite and female plants:
-Surya
-Pusa Majesty
-Pusa 3
-Taiwan Papaya
-Red Lady
-Sunrise Solo
-Coorg Honeydew