The reason for vegetatively reproducing crop plants to suit for maintaining hybrid vigour is that

(A)they are more resistant to diseases
(B)once a desired hybrid produced, no chances of losing it
(C)they can be easily propagated
(D)they have a longer life span

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If these hybrids are made into apomicts, there is no segregation of characters in the hybrid progeny.

Chapter: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section: 1.5 APOMIXIS AND POLYEMBRYONY
Page: 22
Words matched: 17 of 17

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span directly states that making hybrids into apomicts prevents segregation in progeny, which matches option B's claim about maintaining hybrid vigor without losing desired traits.

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