Pseudo and short-style flowers in brinjal act as:

Correct option is B

In brinjal, pseudo and short-style flowers behave like male flowers and do not set fruit.
(c) Bisexual flowers: All flowers in brinjal are bisexual.
Important Points:
· Though reported as a self-pollinated crop, cross pollination to varying degree has been reported in brinjal.
· Cross pollination is due to its heteromorphic flower structure and is mainly by honey bees and bumble bees.
· Depending on length of style in relation to position of anthers, four types of flowers - heterostyly are available. 1. Long styled – stigma well above the anthers 2. Medium styled – stigma and anthers at same level 3. Short styled – style short 4. Pseudo short styled – style rudimentary
· Fruit set in long styled flowers ranges from 60 to 70% whereas in medium styled flowers it is 12.5 to 55.6%. Short styled and pseudo short styled flowers act as male flowers and there is no fruit.