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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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State one advantage and one disadvantage of cleistogamy. 

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Cleistogamous flowers are flowers which do not open at all.

Advantage of cleistogamy:

Cleistogamous flowers produce assured seed-set even in the absence of pollinators that is they can propagate themselves even under unfavourable condition.

Disadvantage of cleistogamy:

Cleistogamous flowers undergo self pollination only, which reduces the chances of variation and evolution of genetically superior progeny.

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