Which one of the following may require pollinators, but is genetically similar to autogamy?

(A)Apogamy
(B)Cleistogamy
(C)Geitonogamy
(D)Xenogamy

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Although geitonogamy is functionally cross-pollination involving a pollinating agent, genetically it is similar to autogamy since the pollen grains come from the same plant.

Chapter: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section: 1.2.3 Pollination
Page: 11
Words matched: 24 of 24

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that geitonogamy 'is functionally cross-pollination involving a pollinating agent' (requires pollinators) and 'genetically it is similar to autogamy since the pollen grains come from the same plant' - which directly matches both conditions in the question.

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