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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12003064

The one advantage of cleistogamy is

  • It leads to greater genetic diversity

  • Seed dispersal is more efficient and wide spread

  • seed set is not dependent on pollinators

  • Each visit of pollinator results in the transfer of hundreds of pollen grains

Solution

C.

seed set is not dependent on pollinators

Cleistogamous flowers do not open so, they self-pollinate and thus, do not depend on pollinators.