A true breeding plant is

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one that is able to breed on its own

produced due to cross-pollination among unrelated plants

near homozygous and produces offspring of its own kind

always homozygous recessive in its genetic constitution

answer is C.

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A true breeding plant is the one which is homozygous to all desirable features. In plant breeding program, generation of true breeding plants is essential for stable inheritance of desired traits.

(1) A true breeding plant is obtained by repeated selfing and selection of plants with desirable characters in every generation till homozygosity is attained in the offspring.

(2) A true breeding plant is formed by self pollination but not by cross pollination.

(4) A true breeding plant is near homozygous to desirable features and usually not to recessive features.

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