Hybrid Seed Production Center
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Step into the role of a plant breeder at a hybrid seed production facility. Learn the techniques of artificial hybridization, understand double fertilization, and explore post-fertilization development of seeds.
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📖 Your Story
You are an intern at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Pusa. The institute is developing high-yielding hybrid varieties of crops. Your mentor, Dr. Verma, guides you through the process of artificial hybridization and explains the post-fertilization events that lead to seed formation.
What You'll Learn
- Explain the process and importance of emasculation and bagging in plant breeding
- Describe double fertilization as a unique feature of angiosperms
- Differentiate between syngamy and triple fusion
- Compare endosperm and embryo development in seeds
- Identify differences between dicot and monocot embryos
How to Play
3 Missions Await
Emasculation and Bagging Techniques
4 problems · 40 XP
Double Fertilization Discovery
4 problems · 60 XP
Post-Fertilization Structures
4 problems · 80 XP