A child receives a tall beautiful plant as a birthday gift from his father with a quiz. The father asked her how she would verify whether this tall plant was the progeny of both the tall parents or one tall and one short parent plant. She could verify this through?

A child receives a tall beautiful plant as a birthday gift from his father with a quiz. The father asked her how she would verify whether this tall plant was the progeny of both the tall parents or one tall and one short parent plant. She could verify this through? Correct Answer self-pollination

The correct answer is self-pollination.

Key Points

• Self-pollination occurs when the pollen is transferred from the anther to the stigma on the same flower, from another flower on the same plant, or from a flower on another plant of the same cultivar.
• Self-pollinated plants are said to be self-fruitful.
• Hence, by this process, it can be verified that the plant was the progeny of both the tall parents or one tall and one short parent plant.

Additional Information

•  Cross-pollination, also called heterogamy, type of pollination in which sperm-laden pollen grains are transferred from the cones or flowers of one plant to egg-bearing cones or flowers of another.
• Cross-pollination is defined as:-
  • The deposition of pollen grains from a flower to the stigma of another flower.
  • Commonly, the process is done by insects and wind.