if a pollen grain of tomato stick to the stigma of chilli, what type of fruit will come
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if a pollen grain of tomato stick to the stigma of chilli, what type of fruit will come
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I made crosses in 6 varieties of tomatos according to half diallel fashion in a field experiment. In this way I attempted a total of 15 cross combinations. I got sufficient fruit setting in crossed flowers but the number of seeds were less i.e. 20-30 seeds per tomato fruit. On the other hand there were up to 100-150 seeds in selfed tomato fruits. My question is that when I made crosses with sufficient pollen grains, I got less seeds per fruit, what could be possible reasons for less seeds in crossed fruits.
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