Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

In which crop is self-incompatibility used to produce hybrid seed?

Correct answer A. Cabbage

Explanation

Cabbage and other brassicas have a sporophytic self-incompatibility system, so two self-incompatible lines planted together can only cross, giving hybrid seed.

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