NEET 2014 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Geitonogamy involves

  1. (A)fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
  2. (B)fertilization of a flower by the pollen from the same flower
  3. (C)fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
  4. (D)fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

- (ii) **Geitonogamy** – Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant.

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section
1.2.3 Pollination
Page
11
Words matched
18 of 19

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly defines geitonogamy as 'Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant,' which directly matches option A and distinguishes it from autogamy (same flower), xenogamy (different plant), and distant populations.

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