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Removal of male parents from the female parent in the maize is known as

A. Emasculation

B. Tasseling

C. Detasseling

D. Fertilization

Answer: Option C

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Removal of male parents from the female parent in the maize is known as Detasseling.
Detasseling corn is removing the pollen-producing flowers, the tassel, from the tops of corn (maize) plants and placing them on the ground. It is a form of pollination control, employed to cross-breed, or hybridize, two varieties of corn.
Removing the tassels from all the plants of one variety leaves the grain that is growing on those plants to be fertilized by the tassels of the other, resulting in a hybrid.

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