Q. Where does wind pollination take place?
Since wind pollination is most effective at short distances, it is most often found in plant species growing at high density, for example grasses and temperate forest trees.
Q. When pollination takes place by wind is called?
Anemophily is the process when pollen is transported by air currents from one individual plant to another. About 12% of the world’s flowering plants are wind-pollinated, including grasses and cereal crops, many trees, and the infamous allergenic ragweeds.
Q. Why do wind pollinated plants produce more pollen?
Wind pollinated species produce more pollen because they are pollinated less efficiently than animal pollinated species. Wind however, makes it harder for pollen to reach the flowers, so the more pollen available, the bigger chance flowers have to be pollinated.
Q. Is Dandelion a wind pollinated flower?
Dandelions have yellow flowers with small petals. They’re also wind pollinated plants. These small, white seeds can detach from the plant, and the wind carries them. This is how dandelions spread and reproduce.
Q. Can you pollinate a flower with its own pollen?
Self-pollination occurs when the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on the same plant. Self-pollination occurs in flowers where the stamen and carpel mature at the same time, and are positioned so that the pollen can land on the flower’s stigma.
Q. What is the advantage and disadvantage of self and cross pollination?
Answer: Explanation:The main advantages of self-pollination are as below: A very few pollen grain can pollinate the flower. Self-pollination avoid wastage of pollen grains. Less chances of failure of pollination.
Q. How can I use pollination in a sentence?
Pollination sentence example
- The flowers contain honey, and attract flies, short-lipped bees or other small insects by the agency of which pollination is effected.
- But the common agents for pollination are insects.
- Pollination is effected by aid of insects.
