Geitonogamy involves

Geitonogamy involves
  1. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
  2. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another same flower.
  3. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
  4. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population

Solution

Geitonogamy comes from a Latin word, geiton-neighbor and gamy-marriage. This is a mode of pollination, commonly referred as self-pollination. Here, the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant is observed.

Asked in: NEET 2014

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