Question by Mital Tripathi (10 F)
A student decides to study the impact of removing certain flower parts on fruit formation in plant species X. He chooses three separate plants that are growing in the same plot under uniform conditions. The data is given in the table below Plant Part removed Impact on fruit formation 1 Anther 30% less fruit formed than average plants in the plot 2 Stigma No fruit formed 3 Petal No significant impact. Which of the following can be inferred from the above data? i) Anther and stigma are crucial in sexual reprodcution in species X ii) Pollen grains are probably unable to germinate if they land on other parts of the carpek besides the stigma iii) Species X is likely to be wind pollinated. iv) Species X relies completely on cross pollination.
