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Because when corn self-pollinates over a few generations it becomes an inbred, and loses vigor, size, and overall plant health. So to keep the plants healthy they need to be either hybrids or open-pollinated so that most of the silks get pollinated by a different plant.
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Is sesame a self pollinated or cross pollinated crop?
sesame is self or cross pollinated crop
Why hybrids are not successful in self pollinated crops?
In self pollinated crops, hybrid vigour is not just like the cross pollinated crop e.g maize.cross pollination in self pollinated crop produce low seed set and cost of hybrid seed increases.less cytoplasmic male sterility and fertility restorer gene in mostly self pollinated crop.
What happens when most cross-pollinated crops are self-pollinated for several generations?
you'd get a uniform genetic composition for good or bad. you can get a uniform crop or you may get inbreeding problems
Is a sampaguita self-pollinated or cross-pollinated?
self pollinated
Is a sampaguita self or cross pollinated?
self pollinated
What happens to a corn flower?
If the corn flower is pollinated, it will eventually drop the petals and form seeds. if it is not pollinated, it will wither and die.
Are corn plants pollinated by the wind?
Yes.
What crop is the major crop in Minnesota?
CORN
What is the blackfoot's crop?
Blackfoot's crop is corn.
Do bees help pollinate corn?
No. Corn is really a variety of grass, and grasses are wind pollinated.
What is the symbiotic relationship between corn smut fungus and the corn crop?
I think it is parasitism because corn smut is the disease on a corn crop caused by fungi and so, fungi is taking nourishment from the corn crop but damaging it at the same time (corn smut..).
Is corn a rabi crop or a kharif crop?
yes
