Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of:

Correct answer: B. Apomixis

  • A. Somatic hybridization
  • B. Apomixis
  • C. Sporulation
  • D. Budding

Explanation

Apomixis is an asexual reproductive process in plants that does not involve gametic fusion. In apomictic flowering plants, there is no fertilization and embryos develop simply by division of a cell of ovule.A. Somatic hybridization involves the in vitro fusion of protoplasts to form a hybrid cell and culturing the hybrid cell to form a hybrid plant.C. Sporulation is the process of dispersal of spores either by wind or animals. D. Budding is a type of asexual reproduction in which a bud develops on some part of the body and starts growing, eventually detaching itself from the parent body and starting an independent life.

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