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(a) State the primary requirement to ensure cross breeding experiments in plants.

(b) Name the techniques which help to achieve this requirement.


a. The primary requirement to ensure cross breeding experiments in plants is that only the desired pollen is selected so as to give selected traits to the progeny.

b. The techniques of emasculation (removal of anther) and bagging (covering of emasculated flower with bag) are used for cross breeding in plants.


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