Why cannot a farmer use seeds of hybrid plants to raise new crop in the next growing season?

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Since seeds are produced by uniparental inheritance, they are not identical to their parents

The seeds produced by a hybrid plant fail to germinate as their embryo is immature

The seeds collected from hybrid plants do not maintain hybrid characters in the progeny

All seeds produced by vegetative propagation hence are not identical to their parents

answer is B.

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A farmer cannot use the seeds collected from the hybrid plants. The first-generation hybrid plants (F₁) show hybrid vigour or heterosis, which is the superior performance of the hybrid compared to its parents. However, the seeds produced by the F₁ hybrid plants do not maintain hybrid characters in the progeny. Instead, the progeny will segregate and exhibit traits of either of the parents or a combination of both. Therefore, if a farmer uses seeds from hybrid plants to raise the next crop, the resulting plants will not have the desired traits and may even be inferior to the parents.

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