Question 1 Assuming the plant that makes these white petal flowers has a resista

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Question 1

Assuming the plant that makes these white petal flowers has a resistance allele for a bulb rot disease. The tulip breeder wants to produce a new variety that makes red and yellow petals and has resistance to bulb rot. What could they do with this flower to start the breeding process and accomplish this goal?

A) Remove the anthers , place them in tissue culture media to propagate clones of this plant

B) Add the pollen from the anther they just removed to the stigma in the same flower.

C) Remove the anthers and carry the pollen over to a flower that makes red and yellow petals but does not have bulb rot resistance.

D) Add the pollen from the anther they just removed to the filament in the same flower.

Question 2

Describe what the tulip breeder is doing in the picture below if this will be the female plant in a cross.

A) Removing anthers

B) Removing pistils

C) Adding pollen to stigmas

D) Adding stigmas to anthers

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1). C) Remove the anthers and carry the pollen over to a flower that makes red and yellow petals but does not have bulb rot resistance.

2). C) Adding pollen to stigmas

First removing the pollen grains and prepares the female parent of the cross. The plant breeder will then deposit pollen from the selected male parent into the female part of the emasculated flower, usually with the help of a brush.

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