KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / SEED DISPERSAL AND POLLINATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

 

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / SEED DISPERSAL AND POLLINATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / SEED DISPERSAL AND POLLINATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      Pollination means transfer of pollen grains from the another to the stigma of the same plant or a different plant.

·      Pollination by water: Hydrophily

·      Pollination by Bat: Chiropterophily

·      Pollination between two flowers of one plant gytanogamy

·      Pollination by insects is called Entomophily

·      Pollination by birds is called Ornithophily

·      Pollination by animals is called Zoophily

·      Pollination by wind is called Anemophily

·      The pollen grains in the plants are produced in anther

·      The chief pollinators of our agrihorticulture crops are bees.

·      Wind borne pollen grains cause pollen allergy

·      In plants like castor and moringa seed dispersal takes place through wind

·      In Vallisnaria pollination occurs by water

·      Seed dispersal in coconut occurs through water.

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / SEED DISPERSAL AND POLLINATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY