Question
Nucellar polyembryony is significant in horticulture.
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Answer
- Polyembryony is a phenomenon where we get many embryos in the seed.
- Polyembryony increases chances of survival of plants as there are multiple seedlings formed.
- Nucellar embryos are formed from diploid parental tissue.
- Thus genetically uniform type of seedlings are obtained which are similar to parents.
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