Q.

Seed formation without fertilisation in flowering plants involves the process of                 [2016]

1 somatic hybridisation  
2 apomixis  
3 sporulation  
4 budding  

Ans.

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Apomixis is a reproductive process which does not involve gametic fusion. In apomictic flowering plants there is no fertilisation and embryos develop simply by division of a cell of ovule.