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Give the advantages of cross pollination.

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Advantages of cross-pollination – 

(a) Cross pollination introduces genetic recombination and production of new varieties. 

(b) The seeds produced are usually larger and the off springs have characters better than the parents due to hybrid vigour. 

(c) Several crop plants (such as mustard, sunflower, cucurbits) give significantly higher yields. 

(d) The plants produced through cross pollination are more resistant to diseases.  



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